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The Members of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition and the crew of the Endurance

The following is a list of the members of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition and crew of the Endurance.  As time permits I will be adding small biographies for each.

Sir Ernest Shackleton Expedition Leader 1874 - 1922

Frank Wild— second-in-command 1873-1939	Frank Worsley—captain note 1 1873-1943	Lionel Greenstreet—first officer 1890-1979
Hubert T. Hudson—navigator	Thomas Crean—second officer note 1 d. 1938	Alfred Cheetham—third officer
Louis Rickinson—first engineer	A. J. Kerr—second engineer	Dr. Alexander H. Macklin—surgeon 1890-1967
Dr. James A. McIlroy—surgeon	James M. Wordie—geologist	Leonard D. A. Hussey—meteorologist
Reginald W. James—physicist	Robert S. Clark—biologist	Frank Hurley—Photographer 1886-1962
George E. Marston—official artist	Thomas H. Orde-Lees—motor expert (later storekeeper)	Harry McNeish—carpenter note 1  note 2
Charles J. Green—cook 1888-1974	John Vincent—boatswain note 1   note 2	Timothy McCarthy—able seaman note 1   note 2
Walter How—able seaman 1885-1972	William Bakewell—able seaman	Thomas McLeod—able seaman
William Stevenson—fireman note 2	Ernest Holness—fireman note 2	Perce Blackboro—stowaway (later steward) the cat - Mrs Chippy belonged to mcneish  note 3
	daniel gooch—dog handler note 4

Notes:

note 1: The following men crewed the James Caird on the journey to South Georgia Island:  Ernest Shackleton, Frank Worsley, Thomas Crean, John Vincent, Timothy McCarthy, Harry McNeish

note 2: four men - Vincent, Holness, McNeish and Stevenson where not recommend for the polar medal by Shackleton.  McNeish was probably not recommended due to his brief mutiny on the ice. the reasons for the others is not clear.

note 3: stowed away aboard endurance at Buenos Aires after Shackleton refused to hire him.  once discovered was assigned tasks as ships steward

Note 4:only traveled with the expedition to south Georgia island where he disembarked over a dispute concerning payment. did not accompany expedition further.

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All photographs by Frank Hurley, expedition photographer onboard the Endurance
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