Terra Nova Expedition / Crew List
The crew list of the Terra Nova Expedition is shown here.
The names of the expedition members are listed here according to their role on the most important trips of the expedition, other significant trips and previous Antarctic experiences are listed individually. Career steps after the expedition are not included. The list also includes only men whose main work was on land, as well as the crew of the ship, who were also part of the expedition. First Officer Harry Pennell also played an active role in research and logistics.
| Surname | nationality | job | task | Previous expeditions | More trips | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Polar Travel - South Polar Group. 90 ° South reached on January 18, 1912 | ||||||
| Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912) | GB | Royal Navy captain | Expedition leader (1910-1912) | Discovery Expedition (1901-1904) | † March 29, 1912 | |
| Edward Adrian Wilson (1872-1912) | GB | Medicines and naturalists | Chief scientist and zoologist | Discovery Expedition (1901-1904) | Journey to Cape Crozier June – August 1911 | † March 29, 1912 |
| Henry "Birdie" Bowers (1883-1912) | GB | Navy lieutenant | Warehouse manager | Journey to Cape Crozier June – August 1911 | † March 29, 1912 | |
| Lawrence Oates (1880-1912) | GB | Captain in the British Army | Pony guide | † March 17, 1912 | ||
| Edgar Evans (1876-1912) | GB | Royal Navy boatswain | technician | Discovery Expedition (1901-1904) | † February 17, 1912 | |
| South Polar Journey - Last Support Group. Reversed at 87 ° 32 'south on January 4, 1912 | ||||||
| Edward Evans (1880-1957) | GB | Royal Navy frigate captain | Second officer of the expedition | Invalid April 1912 | ||
| William Lashly (1867-1940) | GB | Royal Navy stoker | machinist | Discovery Expedition (1901-1904) | Search group October – November 1912 | |
| Tom Crean (1877-1938) | IRL | Royal Navy boatswain | Discovery Expedition (1901-1904) | Search group October – November 1912 | ||
| South Polar Journey - Second Support Group. Reversal at 85 ° 15 ′ S on December 22, 1911 | ||||||
| Edward Leicester Atkinson (1881-1929) | GB | Royal Navy doctor | Parasitologist, expedition leader (1912–1913) | Search group October – November 1912 | ||
| Apsley Cherry-Garrard (1886-1959) | GB | Assistant zoologist | Search group October – November 1912 and trip to Cape Crozier June – August 1911 | |||
| Charles Seymour Wright (1887-1975) | CDN | physicist | ||||
| Patrick Keohane (1879-1950) | IRL | Royal Navy boatswain | Search group October – November 1912 | |||
| South polar trip - dog handlers. Reversal at the foot of Beardmore Glacier on December 11, 1911 | ||||||
| Cecil Henry Meares (1877-1937) | IRL | various | Dog handler | Departure April 1912 | ||
| Dmitri Semjonowitsch Girew (1888–1932) | RUS | Dog handler | Search group October – November 1912 | |||
| South polar voyage - reversal on the Ross Ice Shelf on November 25, 1911 | ||||||
| Frederick J. Hooper (1891–1955) | GB | Paymaster of the Royal Navy | Search group October – November 1912 | |||
| Bernard C. Day (1884-1934) | GB | mechanic | mechanic | Nimrod Expedition (1907–1909) | Departure in April 1912 | |
| Northern group (Cape Adare & Evans Bay). | ||||||
| Victor Lindsay Arbuthnot Campbell (1875-1956) | GB | Lieutenant in the Royal Navy | Head of the Northern Group | |||
| George Murray Levick (1876-1956) | GB | Royal Navy doctor | ||||
| Raymond Edward Priestley (1886–1974) | GB | geologist | geologist | Nimrod Expedition (1907–1909) | ||
| George Percy Abbott (1880-1923) | GB | Royal Navy boatswain | ||||
| Frank Vernon Browning (1882-1930) | GB | Royal Navy boatswain | ||||
| Harry Dickason (1885-1943) | GB | Able seaman in the Royal Navy | ||||
| Cape Evans base group | ||||||
| Edward W. Nelson (1883-1923) | GB | biologist | biologist | - | Search group October – November 1912 | |
| Frank Debenham (1883-1965) | OUT | geologist | geologist | |||
| Tryggve Gran (1888-1980) | N | Second Lieutenant in the Norwegian Navy | Ski expert | Search group October – November 1912 | ||
| Cape Evans Base Group, departed April 1912 | ||||||
| George Clarke Simpson (1878-1965) | GB | meteorologist | meteorologist | |||
| Thomas Griffith Taylor (1880–1963) | OUT | geologist | geologist | |||
| Herbert Ponting (1870-1935) | GB | photographer | photographer | |||
| Robert Forde (1875-1959) | IRL | Royal Navy boatswain | ||||
| Thomas Clissold (1886–1963) | Royal Navy Chef | |||||
| Anton Lukitsch Omeltschenko (1883-1932) | RUS | jockey | Stable boy | |||
| Cape Evans Base Group, arrived April 1912 | ||||||
| Walter William Archer (1869–1944) | GB | Royal Navy Chef | ||||
| Thomas Soulsby Williamson (1877-1940) | GB | Royal Navy boatswain | Search group October – November 1912 | |||
| Crew of the Terra Nova | ||||||
| Harry Lewin Lee Pennell (1882-1916) | GB | Lieutenant (Royal Navy) | ||||
| Henry Edward de Parny Rennick (1881-1914) | GB | Lieutenant (Royal Navy) | ||||
| Wilfred Montague Bruce (1874-1953) | GB | Lieutenant (Royal Naval Reserve) | ||||
| Francis Randall Hugo Drake (1878-1936) | GB | Assistant Paymaster (Royal Navy, retired) | ||||
| Dennis Gascoigne Lillie (1884–1963) | biologist | |||||
| James Robert Dennistoun (1883-1916) | NZ | responsible for the mules on board on the second outward journey | ||||
| Alfred Cheetham (1867-1918) | GB | Boatswain (Royal Naval Reserve) | ||||
| William Williams (1875–?) | GB | Engineer (Royal Navy) | Chief machinist | |||
| William Ault Horton (1883–?) | GB | Engineer (Royal Navy) | Second machinist | |||
| Francis Edward Charles Davies (1885–1952) | GB | Shipbuilders | Carpenter | |||
| Frederick Parsons (1887–1970) | GB | Petty Officer (Royal Navy) | ||||
| William Lofthouse Heald (1875–?) | GB | former Petty Officer (Royal Navy) | ||||
| Arthur Samuel Bailey (1878–?) | GB | Petty Officer Second Class (PO2) (Royal Navy) | ||||
| Albert Balson (1885–?) | GB | Chief seaman | ||||
| Joseph Leese (1884–?) | GB | Able Seaman (Royal Navy) | ||||
| John Hugh Mather (1887–1957) | GB | Petty Officer (Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve) | ||||
| Robert Oliphant (1886–?) | OUT | Able seaman | ||||
| Thomas Frank McLeod (1873-1960) | GB | Able seaman | ||||
| Mortimer McCarthy (1882-1967) | IRL | Able seaman | ||||
| William Knowles | ||||||
| Charles Williams | Able seaman | |||||
| James Skelton (1869–?) | GB | Able seaman | ||||
| William McDonald (1892–?) | Able seaman | |||||
| James Paton (1869-1917) | GB | Able seaman | ||||
| Robert Brissenden (1879–1912) | GB | Chief Stoker (Royal Navy) | ||||
| Edward Archibald McKenzie (1885–1973) | GB | Chief Stoker (Royal Navy) | ||||
| Albert William Burton | GB | Chief Stoker (Royal Navy) | ||||
| Bernard James Stone (1882–?) | GB | Chief Stoker (Royal Navy) | ||||
| Angus McDonald | NZ | Stoker | ||||
| Thomas McGillon | Stoker | |||||
| Charles Lammas (1882-1941) | NZ | Stoker | ||||
| William Henry Neale (1887–?) | GB | steward | ||||
Web links
- The British Antarctic Expedition 1912 , photos and short biographies of the expedition members in the Polar Museum of the Scott Polar Research Institute