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Frank Arthur Worsley ( Akaroa, 22 febbraio 1872 – Elmbridge, 1º febbraio 1943) è stato un esploratore e navigatore neozelandese .
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 Endurance. He also served in the Royal Navy Reserve during the First World War.
In 1914, with nearly 27 years’ experience behind him, Sir Ernest Shackleton hired Worsley on the spot for his Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition and made him captain of the expedition ship Endurance.
Frank Arthur Worsley and his role in the Endurance Expedition with Ernest Shackleton to Antarctica, 1914-1917
10 mar 2022 · Quando alla fine l’imbarcazione, schiacciata dai ghiacci, è affondata, il capitano dell’Endurance, Frank Worsley, ha fatto delle misurazioni per stabilirne la posizione usando un sestante, e ha registrato le informazioni sul proprio diario.
10 mar 2022 · Navigator Frank Worsley, left, works with scientist Reginald James to take an observation by the stern of the Endurance.
12 feb 2018 · Not only had Shackleton and Frank Worsley found refuge there after the sinking of the Endurance; the two men also had returned to the island in 1922, preparing for a new Antarctic expedition.
