Shackleton–Rowett Expedition
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The Shackleton–Rowett Expedition was Sir Ernest Shackleton's last Antarctic project, and the final episode in the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.
Expedition ship Quest, moored in St Katharine Docks, London
Dense pack ice in the Beaufort Sea
Sir Ernest Shackleton, the expedition's leader
Frank Wild, second-in-command on the expedition
Frank Wild
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John Robert Francis Wild was an English sailor and explorer. He participated in five expeditions to Antarctica during the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, for which he was awarded the Polar Medal
Frank Wild (left side) beside Shackleton
Frank Wild's gravestone in Grytviken Cemetery