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Antarctic Expedition Deaths: Robert Falcon Scott, Ernest Shackleton, Lawrence Oates, Edward Adrian Wilson, Henry Robertson Bowers |
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Paperback |
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92 |
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2010-05-04 |
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1155514297 |
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Books LLC |
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0.32 pounds |
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5.98 x 9.02 x 0.2 inches |
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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Robert Falcon Scott, Ernest Shackleton, Lawrence Oates, Edward Adrian Wilson, Henry Robertson Bowers, Victor Hayward, Arnold Spencer-Smith, Edgar Evans, Belgrave Edward Sutton Ninnis, Mrs. Chippy, Xavier Mertz. Excerpt: Arnold Patrick Spencer-Smith Arnold Patrick Spencer-Smith (1883 1916) was a British clergyman and amateur photographer who joined Sir Ernest Shackleton 's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition , 1914 17, as Chaplain and photographer on the Ross Sea party . The hardship of the expedition resulted in Spencer-Smith's death. Cape Spencer-Smith on White Island at 78°00 S 167°27 E / 78°S 167.45°E / -78; 167.45 is named in his honour. Biography Born in Streatham (he shared his birthday, 17 March, with Captain Lawrence Oates but was three years younger ), he attended Woodridge Grammar School, King's College London and Queen's College, Cambridge . He did not attend his exams and was given a pass degree in history. After a few years teaching at Merchiston Castle School , Edinburgh , Spencer-Smith was ordained as deacon into the Scottish Episcopal Church in 1910, subsequently being appointed curate of All Saints, Edinburgh. He was ordained as priest shortly before leaving England to join the Aurora. Expedition member It is unclear how he came to join the expedition. One version is that he had wanted to enlist in the army at the outbreak of war, but as a clergyman was barred from combatant service. He therefore volunteered himself to Shackleton as a replacement for one of the original party who had left for active service. After arrival in Antarctica his unfamiliarity with polar work and limited physical stamina were in evidence during the first (January March 1915) depot-laying journey, before he was sent back to base by expedition leader Aeneas Mackintosh . During the 1915 ...
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