Personnel of the Shackleton–Rowett Expedition

The Shackleton–Rowett Expedition, 1921–22, was the last Antarctic expedition led by Sir Ernest Shackleton. Proposed as an ambitious two-year programme of Antarctic exploration it was curtailed by the death of Shackleton and the inadequacies of the expedition's ship, Quest. Under the command of Frank Wild several attempts were made to break through the Antarctic pack ice, but the expedition was never able to proceed further than longitude 20°E. On the crew's return to Cape Town to refit in preparation for the second term they were ordered home. The crew of the Quest comprised 24 members in all, but only 19 were on board for the start of the Antarctic portion (Hussey accompanied Shackleton's body when it was put on board a ship for England, and Eriksen, Mooney and Bee-Mason had left before the ship reached South Georgia). Gerald Lysaght, a yachtsman, accompanied the crew from Plymouth to Cape Verde.

ImageNameBornDiedPositionAdditional information
Sir Ernest Shackleton18741922CommanderDied on South Georgia during the expedition
Frank Wild187319392nd in CommandTook command of the expedition on Shackleton's death. Had served as 2nd in Command on Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition
Frank Worsley18721943Captain of QuestFormerly Captain of Endurance during the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition
Alexander Kerr18921964EngineerServed as 2nd Engineer on the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition
James McIlroy18791968Surgeon/MeteorologistVeteran of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition
Alexander Macklin18891967Surgeon/In charge of stores and equipmentVeteran of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition
Leonard Hussey18911964Meteorologist/Assistant SurgeonAccompanied Shackleton's body to Montevideo and then back to South Georgia, so was not present for most of the expedition. Veteran of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition
Charles Green18881974CookVeteran of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition
Thomas McLeod18691960Able seamanVeteran of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition
Roderick Carr18911971PilotAssisted with scientific work as the expedition's plane was unserviceable
James Dellc.18801968Electrician, BoatswainHad been with Shackleton on the Discovery Expedition
Hubert Wilkins18881958Biologist
George Vibert Douglas18921958GeologistBorn in Montreal, Canada. Professor of Geology, Dalhousie University (1932-1957)
James Marr19021965Boy ScoutWith Mooney was selected from 1,700 Scouts who applied to accompany the expedition
Norman Mooney[1]c.1904Boy ScoutLeft the ship at Madeira after suffering chronic seasickness
Douglas George Jeffrey18851972NavigatorHad been intended for the original crew on the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, but when war broke out on the eve of Endurance's departure he felt compelled to stay in England to sign up.
Eriksen[2]Harpoon expertReturned home when the Quest put in at Rio de Janeiro for repairs
John Charles Bee-Mason[3]c.18751957PhotographerLeft the ship at Madeira after suffering chronic seasickness
C. E. Smith2nd Engineer
Harold WattsWireless Operator
G. H. Ross[4]Stoker
S. S. YoungStokerJoined the expedition in Rio de Janeiro
Harold Arthur Argles[5]18991929StokerJoined the expedition in Rio de Janeiro.
Christopher NaisbittCook's assistantJoined the expedition in Rio de Janeiro
Query (dog)1920/21[6]1922MascotWashed overboard and drowned on June 9, 1922
Questie (cat)1921MascotA kitten presented to the expedition by the Daily Mail
The crew of the Quest at the start of the expedition

Notes

  1. Full name: Norman Erland Mooney
  2. Not in Wild's crew list in his report to the Royal Geographical Society, but mentioned in Shackleton's Last Voyage
  3. Also known as John Charles Mason
  4. Probably George Hamblin Ross
  5. Listed as James Argyles in Mills, p.340; as Argle and Argles in Shackleton's Last Voyage; as H. J. Argyles in the crew list of Wild's report to the Royal Geographical Society, and as Argles later in the same document.
  6. He was a puppy when Shackleton brought him on board in early 1921

References

  • Mills, Leif (1999). Frank Wild. Whitby: Caedmon of Whitby. ISBN 0-905355-48-2.
  • Wild, Frank. "Shackleton's Last Voyage: The Story of the Quest". www.archive.org. Retrieved 3 December 2008.
  • Wild, Frank (2 February 1923). "The Voyage of the Quest". The Geographical Journal. 61 (2): 73–97. doi:10.2307/1781104.
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