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

This section is under construction and probably will be for some time as I research and add to it
it's is the most ambitious addition to the site yet - I hope I don't regret it! - webmaster

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Antarctic Expeditions crew lists and biographies

Explorers: Amundsen Fram  pictures | von Bellingshausen - Vostok and Mirny | Borschgrevink - Southern Cross | Bruce - Scotia | Charcot Français  Pourquoi-Pas? | Dumont D'Urville - Astrolabe and Zéléé | von Drygalski - Gauss | de Gerlache - Belgica | Mawson Aurora | Nordenskjöld - Antarctic | Ross - Erebus and Terror | Scott: Discovery  South Pole  The journey to the pole Pictures | Shackleton: Nimrod  Endurance Quest

Ebooks: South - Shackleton | The South Pole - Amundsen | Home of the Blizzard - Mawson

By Individual
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By Expedition

W

Walker, A.J.

bulletAble seaman, skinman and lampman Scotia - William Spiers Bruce 1902 - 1904

Watson, Andrew D.

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Geologist Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1911-13

Watts

bulletWireless operator Quest- Ernest Shackleton 1921 - 1922

Webb, Eric Norman

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Chief Magnetician Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1911-13

Wennersgaard, Ole Christian

bulletcrew member Antarctic - Otto Nordenskjöld 1901 - 1904

Werth, Dr. Emil

bulletScientist Gauss - Erich von Drygalski 1901-03

Whetter, Leslie H.

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Surgeon Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1911-13

Wiencke, Carl Augustus

bulletSailor Belgica - Adrien de Gerlache, 1897 - 1899

Wienke, Georg

bulletAble seaman Gauss - Erich von Drygalski 1901-03

Wild, Frank

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Seaman Discovery 1901-04

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In charge of provisions Nimrod 1907-09

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Sledge-master Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1911-13

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Second in command Endurance 1914-17

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Second in command Quest- Ernest Shackleton 1921 - 1922

Wilkins, G. Hubert

bulletNatural historian Quest- Ernest Shackleton 1921 - 1922

Williamson, Thomas

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Terra Nova 1910-13

Wilson, Edward Adrian

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assistant surgeon Discovery 1901-04

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chief of scientific staff and biologist Terra Nova 1910-13

Wilson, Robert

bulletFireman and blacksmith Scotia - William Spiers Bruce 1902 - 1904

Wilton, David W.

bulletScientist Scotia - William Spiers Bruce 1902 - 1904

Wisting, Oscar

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

Wood, James F. L.

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Lieutenant Erebus - James Clark Ross 1839 - 1843

Wordie, James

bulletscientist Endurance 1914-17

Worsely, Frank

bulletCaptain of the Endurance Endurance 1914-17
bulletHydrography, sailing master Quest- Ernest Shackleton 1921 - 1922

Wright, Charles

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physicist Terra Nova 1910-13

Y

Yule, Henry B.

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Second master Erebus - James Clark Ross 1839 - 1843

Z

Zavodovski, Ivan

bulletLieutenant 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

 

British / Norwegian expedition James Clark Ross
Erebus and Terror
1839 - 1843

 

Belgian expedition de Gerlache - Belgica
Belgian Antarctic Expedition
1897 - 1899

 

British / Norwegian expedition / British / Norwegian expedition Borschgrevink - Southern Cross
British Antarctic Expedition
1898 - 1900


British expedition Scott - Discovery
The British National Antarctic  Expedition
1901 - 1904


German flag Drygalski - Gauss
German National Antarctic
Expedition 1901-03


Flag Nordenskjöld - Antarctic
Swedish Antarctic Expedition
1901 -1904


Scottish Flag Saltire Bruce - Scotia
Scottish National Antarctic Expedition 1902-04


Charcot - Français
French Antarctic Expedition

 1903 - 1905

 

British expedition Shackleton - Nimrod
British Antarctic Expedition
1907 - 09

 

Charcot - Pourquoi-Pas?
Second French Antarctic Expedition

 1908 - 1910

 

Norwegian expedition Amundsen - Fram
Norwegian South Pole Expedition
1910-11

 

British expedition Scott - Terra Nova
British Antarctic Expedition
1910 - 13

 

Australian expedition Mawson - Aurora
Australasian Antarctic Expedition
 1911-13

 

British expedition Shackleton - Endurance
British Trans-Antarctica Expedition
1914 - 17

 

British expedition Shackleton - Quest
Shackleton - Rowett Expedition
1921 - 1922


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Biographical information - This is a particularly difficult area to research and I am concentrating on the Antarctic (and Arctic) experiences of the men involved. Any further information or pictures visitors may have is gratefully received. Likewise links to other websites, details of family trees or any other form of information of the people mentioned here and involved in early Antarctic exploration, or of any corrections to the details published.  Please email  - Paul, webmaster.

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