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Alexander Hepburne Macklin OBE MC TD (1 September 1889 – 21 March 1967) was a Scottish physician who served as one of the two surgeons on Sir Ernest Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914–1917. In 1921–1922, he joined the Shackleton–Rowett Expedition aboard the Quest.
Alexander Hepburne Macklin. Alexander Hepburne Macklin (India, 1889 – Aberdeen, 21 marzo 1967) è stato un medico ed esploratore britannico. È stato uno dei due chirurghi della spedizione Endurance in Antartide ed ha partecipato alla spedizione Quest, l'ultima missione di Ernest Shackleton
Rank: Lieutenant-Colonel (Royal Army Medical Corps) Dates: 1889-1967. Nationality: British. Awards: Polar Medal (silver); Order of the British Empire; Military Cross. Alexander Macklin was born in India, where his father was a doctor.
The most significant contribution came from Dr. Alexander Macklin, one of the ship's surgeons, who provided Lansing with many diaries, a detailed account of the perilous journey the crew made to Elephant Island, and months of advice. Publication history. Lansing, Alfred. (1999) 2nd ed. Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage.
Alexander Hepburne Macklin was born in 1889 in India. He worked for a short period as a deck-hand before reading medicine at Manchester University. Macklin joined the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition [Weddell Sea Party], 1914 - 1916 (leader Ernest Henry Shackleton), as surgeon on Endurance.
17 nov 2016 · The physicians, Alexander Macklin and James McIlroy, lanced abscesses and pulled teeth, for starters. Their most impressive accomplishment was saving a crewman’s life by amputating toes that were so badly frostbitten they were turning gangrenous.
7 mar 2022 · Aberdeen doctor Alexander Macklin was part of the Ernest Shackleton expedition which was trapped in pack ice in the Antarctic. The crew were given a rapturous ovation as they left Britain, but...
