Ice Captain The Life of the Endurance Expedition's Other Hero, Joseph Russell Stenhouse

by Haddelsey, Stephen

• ISBN13: 9780750943482
• ISBN10: 0750943483
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-05-01
• Publisher: Sutton

Summary

Much has been written on Antarctic explorer, Ernest Shackleton. This is the story of the Endurance expedition's other hero, Joseph Russell Stenhouse (1887- 1941) who, as Captain of the SS Aurora, freed the ship from pack ice and rescued the survivors of the Ross Sea shore party, deeds for which he was awarded the Polar Medal and the OBE. He was also recruited for special operations in the Arctic during the First World War, became involved in the Allied intervention in Revolutionary Russia, and was later appointed to command Captain Scott's Discovery. Stenhouse was one of the last men to qualify as a sea captain during the age of sail.

Author Biography

Stephen Haddelsey is a programme manager with the Civil Service. His previous books include Born Adventurer: The Life of Frank Bickerton, Antarctic Pioneer, and a series of historical atlases for UK and US publication.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	p. xi
List of Maps	p. x
Preface	p. xi
Acknowledgements	p. xv
Author's Note	p. xvii
The Apprentice in Sail	p. 1
South with Shackleton	p. 15
Arrivals and Departures	p. 29
Adrift in McMurdo Sound	p. 41
Prisoners of the Pack	p. 53
Aurora Redux	p. 69
The Mystery Ships	p. 85
War in the Arctic	p. 99
The Syren Flotilla	p. 115
Discovery	p. 129
Oceans Deep	p. 141
The Final Season	p. 155
Pieces of Eight	p. 173
Treasure Island to the Cap Pilar	p. 183
Thames Patrol	p. 195
With His Boots On	p. 205
Notes and Sources	p. 219
Select Bibliography	p. 229
Index	p. 230
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