Quest expedition / crew list

The Quest Expedition ( Shackleton – Rowett Expedition 1921–1922) was the last Antarctic expedition of the polar explorer Ernest Shackleton . Due to the sudden death of Shackleton and inadequacies of the expedition ship, the trip was canceled prematurely. Originally the expedition consisted of 24 participants, but only 19 men were on board when the Quest departed from South Georgia . Leonard Hussey served as escort for Shackleton's body. Eriksen, Mooney and Bee-Mason had left the ship before it reached South Georgia. The sports sailor Gerald Lysaght (1868-1951) accompanied the crew only from Plymouth to Madeira .

Surname	Born	Died	function	Additional Information
Sir Ernest Shackleton	1874	1922	Expedition leader	Died in South Georgia before the actual expedition began.
Frank Wild	1873	1939	Deputy expedition leader	Took the lead of the expedition after Shackleton's death. Participant in the Nimrod expedition and deputy expedition leader in the endurance expedition .
Frank Worsley	1872	1943	Captain of the Quest	Endurance captain during the endurance expedition.
Alexander Kerr	1892	1964	Chief machinist	Served as the second machinist on the endurance expedition.
James McIlroy	1879	1968	Surgeon / meteorologist	Participant in the endurance expedition.
Alexander Macklin	1889	1967	Senior doctor / person responsible for provisions and equipment	Participant in the endurance expedition.
Leonard Hussey	1891	1964	Meteorologist / assistant doctor	Accompanied the transport of Shackleton's body to Montevideo and back to South Georgia and therefore did not take part in the later expedition. Participant in the endurance expedition.
Charles Green	1888	1974	cook	Participant in the endurance expedition.
Thomas McLeod	1869	1960	Able seaman	Participant in the endurance expedition.
Roderick Carr	1891	1971	pilot	Assisted with scientific work, as the aircraft intended for the expedition was not used.
James Dell	around 1880	1968	Electrician , boatswain	Participants of the Discovery Expedition .
Hubert Wilkins	1888	1958	biologist
George Vibert Douglas	1892	1958	geologist
James Marr	1902	1965	scout	Was selected with Norman Mooney from 1,700 scouts to take part in the expedition.
Norman Mooney	1905	1935	scout	Left the expedition ship in Madeira due to seasickness.
Douglas George Jeffrey	1885	1972	navigator	Was intended as a participant in the endurance expedition, instead volunteered as a volunteer when the First World War broke out.
Eriksen			harpooner	Returned to England when the Quest was overhauled in Rio de Janeiro .
John Charles Bee-Mason	1874	1957	photographer	Left the expedition ship in Madeira due to seasickness.
CE Smith			Second machinist
Harold Watts			Radio operator
GH Ross			Stoker
SS Young			Stoker	Boarded in Rio de Janeiro.
Harold Arthur Argles	1899	1929	Stoker	Boarded in Rio de Janeiro.
Christopher Naisbitt	1893		Assistant cook	Boarded in Rio de Janeiro.
Query (dog)	1920/21	1922	mascot	Washed off board and drowned on June 9, 1922.

literature

• Marr, James: Into the Frozen South . Cassell & Co., London 1923 (accessed January 13, 2010).
• Mill, Hugh Robert: The Life of Sir Ernest Shackleton . William Heinemann, London 1923 (accessed September 10, 2009).
• Wild, Frank: Shackleton's Last Voyage . Cassell & Co., London 1923 (accessed January 13, 2010).