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

Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Epigraph; Contents; List of Maps; Preface; Acknowledgements; Author's Note; 1. The Apprentice in Sail; 2. South with Shackleton; 3. Arrivals and Departures; 4. Adrift in McMurdo Sound; 5. Prisoners of the Pack; 6. Aurora Redux; 7. The Mystery Ships; 8. War in the Arctic; 9. The Syren Flotilla; 10. Discovery; 11. Oceans Deep; 12. The Final Season; 13. Pieces of Eight; 14. Treasure Island to the Cap Pilar; 15. Thames Patrol; 16. With His Boots On; Notes and Sources; Select Bibliography.;Much has been written on Antarctic explorer, Ernest Shackleton. This is the story of the Endurance expedition's other hero, Joseph Russell Stenhouse (18871941) who, as Captain of the SS Aurora, freed the ship from pack ice and rescued the survivors of teh 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.