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Biography: Worsley, Frank Arthur

Members of Sir Ernest Shackleton's trans-Antarctic expedition on Elephant Island, farewelling the James Caird

Members of Sir Ernest Shackleton's trans-Antarctic expedition on Elephant Island, farewelling the James Caird
In 1915 Frank Arthur Worsley navigated a 22-foot open boat, the James Caird, from Elephant Island to South Georgia to seek help for the stranded members of Shackleton's trans-Antarctic expedition.

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P. Y. Dennerly. 'Worsley, Frank Arthur', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1996. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/2176/members-of-sir-ernest-shackletons-trans-antarctic-expedition-on-elephant-island (accessed 25 June 2026).