Antarctic Explorers - Who's Who - W/X/Y/Z
Crews and Expeditioners up to 1922

By Individual
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By Expedition

W

• Walker
  • seaman Discovery 1901-04

• Walker, A.J.
  • Able seaman, skinman and lampman Scotia - William Spiers Bruce 1902-04

• Waterman
  • seaman, R.N. Discovery 1901-04

• Watanabe, Chikasaburõ
  • Ship Crew (first year), Cook (second year) Japanese Antarctic Expedition 1911-12

• Watanabe, Kitarõ/Onitarõ
  • Helmsman Japanese Antarctic Expedition 1911-12

• Watson, Andrew D.
  • Geologist Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1911-14

• Watts
  • Wireless operator Quest- Ernest Shackleton 1921-22

• Webb, Eric Norman
  • Chief Magnetician Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1911-14

• Weller, William Isaac
  • rating Discovery 1901-04

• Wennersgaard, Ole Christian
  • crew member Antarctic - Otto Nordenskjöld 1901-04

• Werth, Dr. Emil
  • Scientist Gauss - Erich von Drygalski 1901-03

• Whetter, Leslie H.
  • Surgeon Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1911-14

• Whitfield, Thomas
  • stoker, R.N. Discovery 1901-04

• Wiencke, Carl Augustus
  • Sailor Belgica - Adrien de Gerlache, 1897-1899

• Wienke, Georg
  • Able seaman Gauss - Erich von Drygalski 1901-03

• Wild, Frank
  • Seaman Discovery 1901-04
  • In charge of provisions Nimrod 1907-09
  • Sledge-master Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1911-14
  • Second in command Endurance 1914-17
  • Second in command Quest- Ernest Shackleton 1921-22

• Wilkins, G. Hubert
  • Natural historian Quest- Ernest Shackleton 1921-22

• Williams, Charles
  • Able seamanTerra Nova 1910-13

• Williams, William
  • Chief engine room artificer, R.N. EngineerTerra Nova 1910-13

• Williamson, Thomas Soulsbury
  • seaman, R.N. Discovery 1901-04
  • Terra Nova 1910-13

• Wilson,Edward Adrian
  • assistant surgeon Discovery 1901-04
  • chief of scientific staff and biologist Terra Nova 1910-13

• Wilson, Robert
  • Fireman and blacksmith Scotia - William Spiers Bruce 1902-04

• Wilton, David W.
  • Scientist Scotia - William Spiers Bruce 1902-04

• Wisting, Oscar
  • member of the south pole party on the first successful expedition to reach the South Pole - 1910-11 Fram

• Wood, James F. L.
  • Lieutenant Erebus - James Clark Ross 1839-1843

• Wordie, James
  • scientist Endurance 1914-17

• Worsely,Frank
• Captain of the Endurance Endurance 1914-17
  • Hydrography, sailing master Quest- Ernest Shackleton 1921-22

• Wright,Charles
  • physicist Terra Nova 1910-13

Y

• Yamabe, Yasunosuke
  • Dog Driver Japanese Antarctic Expedition 1911-12

• Yoshino, Yoshitada
  • Charged with Clothing and Equipment Japanese Antarctic Expedition 1911-12

• Yasuda, lsaburõ
  • Carpenter Japanese Antarctic Expedition 1911-12

• Yule, Henry B.
  • Second master Erebus - James Clark Ross 1839-1843

Z 

• Zavodovski, Ivan
  • Lieutenant Commander Vostok - Fabien Gottleib von Bellingshausen 1819-1821

  Bellingshausen -
Vostok and Mirnyi
Russian Antarctic Expedition
1819-1821
 

Dumont D'Urville
L'Astrolabe and Zéléé
1837-1840
 

James Clark Ross
Erebus and Terror
1839-1843
 

de Gerlache - Belgica
Belgian Antarctic Expedition
1897-1899
 

/ Borchgrevink - Southern Cross
British Antarctic Expedition
1898-1900

Scott - Discovery
The British National Antarctic  Expedition
1901-04

Drygalski - Gauss
German National Antarctic Expedition
1901-03

Nordenskjöld - Antarctic
Swedish Antarctic Expedition
1901-04

Bruce - Scotia
Scottish National Antarctic Expedition
1902-04

Charcot - Français
French Antarctic Expedition
 1903-05
 

Shackleton - Nimrod
British Antarctic Expedition
1907-09
 

Charcot - Pourquoi-Pas?
Second French Antarctic Expedition
 1908-10
 

Amundsen - Fram
Norwegian South Pole Expedition
1910-11
 

Scott - Terra Nova
British Antarctic Expedition
1910-13

Shirase - Kainan Maru
Japanese Antarctic Expedition
1911-12
 

Mawson - Aurora
Australasian Antarctic Expedition
 1911-14
 

Shackleton - Endurance
British Trans-Antarctica Expedition
1914 - 17
 

Shackleton - Quest
Shackleton - Rowett Expedition
1921-22