George Mulock
Captain George Francis Arthur Mulock (born February 7, 1882 in Fleetwood , Lancashire , † December 26, 1963 in Gibraltar ) was a British naval officer and polar explorer.
Life
Mulock was born in Fleetwood in 1882 to George and Jane Mulock. His father was an engineer. He later attended a school in Stanmore Park and the Britannia Royal Naval College in Dartmouth. He then received his training as a ship inspector on board the HMS Triton .
Antarctic research
In 1902 he was a crew member on the SY Morning , a supply ship for the Discovery Expedition vun Robert Falcon Scott . He was then hired by Scott directly and went on the Discovery as 3rd officer. He later received the polar medal for participating in the expedition, which lasted from 1901 to 1904 . To participate in the Nimrod expedition of Ernest Shackleton in 1907, he subsequently renounced.
For his achievements in the First World War , he received the later Distinguished Service Order . In 1920 he left the Royal Navy and started as Marine Superintendent with the Asiatic Petroleum Company in Shanghai .
During the Second World War he was drafted back into military service and in February 1942 was taken prisoner by Japan in Singapore , from which he was released in 1945.
The Mulock Inlet and the Mulock Glacier in the Antarctic Ross Dependency are named after Mulock .
Web links
- Mulock on Cool Antarctica (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mulock, George |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mulock, George Francis Arthur |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British naval officer and polar explorer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 7, 1882 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Fleetwood , Lancashire |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 26, 1963 |
| Place of death | Gibraltar |