Endurance expedition / team list

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This article lists the crew of the endurance expedition whose goal was to cross Antarctica .

There were two parts of the team: the Weddell Sea Party with the men of the crossing group and their assistants, and the Ross Sea Party , which was supposed to take place in the target region of the Transversal Depots. Both parts of the expedition consisted of 28 men. Names and dates of life are given if known. In addition, it is indicated in which boat the members of the Weddell Sea Party rode after the sinking of the Endurance .

Weddell Sea Party

Surname birth death boat position Further information
Ernest Shackleton 1874 1922 James Caird (capt.) commander Rescue trip with the James Caird
Frank Wild 1873 1939 James Caird Deputy Commander
Frank Worsley 1872 1943 Dudley Docker (Capt.) Endurance captain Rescue trip with the James Caird
Frank Hurley 1885 1962 James Caird photographer
Huberht Hudson 1886 1942 Stancomb Wills (Cap.) navigator
Lionel Greenstreet 1889 1979 Dudley Docker First Officer
Tom Crean 1877 1938 Stancomb Wills Second officer Rescue trip with the James Caird
Alfred Cheetham 1867 1918 Dudley Docker Third officer
Lewis Rickinson 1883 1945 Stancomb Wills Chief mechanic Probably had a heart attack on Elephant Island
Alexander Kerr 1892 1964 Dudley Docker Second mechanic
James McIlroy 1879 1968 Stancomb Wills doctor
Alexander Macklin 1889 1967 Dudley Docker doctor
Robert Clark 1882 1950 James Caird biologist
Leonard Hussey 1891 1964 James Caird meteorologist
James Wordie 1889 1962 James Caird geologist
Reginald James 1891 1964 James Caird physicist
George Marston 1882 1940 Dudley Docker painter
Thomas Orde-Lees 1877 1958 Dudley Docker Warehouse manager and engine expert
Harry "Chippy" McNish 1874 1930 James Caird Carpenter Rescue trip with the James Caird . Not suggested for the polar medal .
Charles Green 1888 1974 James Caird cook
William Stephenson 1889 1953 Stancomb Wills Stoker Not suggested for the polar medal.
Ernest Holness 1892 1924 Dudley Docker Stoker Not suggested for the polar medal.
John Vincent 1879 1941 James Caird Able seaman Rescue trip with the James Caird . Not suggested for the polar medal.
Timothy McCarthy 1888 1917 James Caird Able seaman Rescue trip with the James Caird .
Walter How 1885 1972 Stancomb Wills Able seaman
William Lincoln Bakewell 1888 1969 Stancomb Wills Able seaman Recruited in Buenos Aires , only US participant
Thomas McLeod 1869 1960 Dudley Docker Able seaman
Perce Blackborow 1894 1949 Stancomb Wills Chief Steward Boarded as a stowaway in Buenos Aires. On Elephant Island, McIlroy and Mackling amputated the toes on his left foot after the gangrene set in.
Daniel Fulthorpe Gooch 1869 1926 - At times dog handlers He was not intended to be a member of the expedition until he stepped in when the original handler resigned at the last moment. He returned to England after the Endurance made a stop in South Georgia .
Mrs. Chippy 1915 - mascot McNish's hangover. Was shot the day after the Endurance went down .

Ross Sea Party

Coastal group
Surname birth death position Further information
Aeneas Mackintosh 1879 1916 commander Died during the expedition
Ernest Joyce 1875 1940 Sled equipment and dogs
Ernest Wild 1879 1918 Warehouse manager
Reverend Arnold Spencer-Smith 1883 1916 Chaplain and photographer Died during the expedition
John Lachlan Cope 1893 1947 Biologist and doctor
Alexander Stevens 1886 1965 Senior Scientist
Richard W Richards 1893 1985 physicist
Andrew Keith Jack 1885 1966 physicist
Irvine gauze 1890 1978 assistant
Victor Hayward 1888 1916 assistant Died during the expedition
On board the Aurora
Surname birth death position Further information
Aubrey Howard Ninnis 1883 1956 Snowmobile specialist Should be part of the coastal group, but was on board the Aurora when it drifted away
Lionel Hooke 1895 1974 Radio operator Should be part of the coastal group, but was on board the Aurora when it drifted away
Joseph Stenhouse 1887 1941 First officer (later captain)
Leslie Thompson Second officer
Alfred Larkman 1962 Senior Mechanic
C. Adrian Donnelly / Donolly Second mechanic
James Paton 1869 1918 Boatswain
Clarence Maugher / Mauger Carpenter
Sydney Atkin Able seaman
Arthur Downing Able seaman
William Kavanagh Able seaman
A. "Shorty" Warren Able seaman
Charles Glidden Ordinary seaman
S. Grady / Grade Stoker
William Mugridge Stoker
Harold Shaw Stoker
Edward Wise cook
Emile d'Anglade steward

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Often reproduced as Hubert
  2. ↑ Forgotten on Worsley's list
  3. ↑ McNeish and MacNish are other common name variants
  4. ↑ Frequently Blackbo rr ow or Blackboro instead of Blackbo r ow and Percy occasionally instead of Perce
  5. ↑ Written as "Donolly" in South
  6. ↑ Written as "Mauger" in South
  7. ↑ Written as "Grade" in South

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Web links

  • The Last Endurance Veterans , 1964 photo by (left to right) Walter How, Charles Green, William Bakewell, Alexander Macklin, Lionel Greenstreet and James McIlroy (accessed June 29, 2010)