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In May 1916, Sir Ernest Shackleton, Frank Worsley and Tom Crean completed the first crossing of South Georgia as the final leg in an epic voyage that stands as one of the greatest feats of survival of all time. The Trust chose three young explorers from nearly 200 applicants to join our international expedition to make the crossing, and mark ...
Frank Arthur Worsley DSO OBE RD (22 February 1872 – 1 February 1943) was a New Zealand sailor and explorer who served on Ernest Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914–1916, as captain of the Endurance. He also served in the Royal Navy Reserve during the First World War. Born in Akaroa, New Zealand, on 22 February 1872, Worsley joined the New Zealand Shipping Company in ...
Viaje del James Caird. Una representación del arribo del James Caird a isla Georgia del Sur al final de su viaje el 10 de mayo de 1916. El Viaje del James Caird fue una travesía en un bote abierto por el Atlántico sur realizada en 1916 por Ernest Shackleton y algunos compañeros, tras haber tenido que suspender la Expedición Imperial Trans ...
Frank Arthur Worsley was born at Akaroa, New Zealand, on 22 February 1872. At the age of fifteen, he was apprenticed in sailing ships of the New Zealand Shipping Company, later becoming mate and then master of New Zealand government schooners working in the South Pacific. Subsequently, he sailed in steamers and was commissioned in the Royal ...
Frank Arthur Worsley (1872-1943) was born in Akaroa. A sailor and explorer, he won renown through his navigation of the boat James Caird across the Southern Ocean in 1916, ultimately saving the men of Ernest Shackleton’s Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914-17) after their ship Endurance was crushed by ice.. He was also awarded the Distinguished Service Order medal twice during the ...
2 de mar. de 2023 · Ernest Shackleton gets credit for rescuing his doomed Antarctica voyage—but it’s his navigator’s leadership that saved their lives. BY Daniella McCahey and The Conversation. March 2, 2023, 3 ...
It was a gift from Helen Knight, Frank Worsley's sister, to the Akaroa Centennial Committee on 15 May 1940 for their museum project. The Committee’s museum was not realised, however, the collection they assembled became part of the seed collection for Akaroa Museum. Connected to the ensign is a whistle given to Worsley by Alfred Arnold in 1917.
