The Shackleton–Rowett Expedition, 1921–22, was the last Antarctic expedition led by Sir Ernest Shackleton. Proposed as an ambitious two-year programme of Antarctic exploration it was curtailed by the death of Shackleton and the inadequacies of the expedition's ship, Quest. Under the command of Frank Wild several attempts were made to break through the Antarctic pack ice, but the expedition was never able to proceed further than longitude 20°E. On the crew's return to Cape Town to refit in preparation for the second term they were ordered home. The crew of the Quest comprised 24 members in all, but only 19 were on board for the start of the Antarctic portion (Hussey accompanied Shackleton's body when it was put on board a ship for England, and Eriksen, Mooney and Bee-Mason had left before the ship reached South Georgia). Gerald Lysaght, a yachtsman, accompanied the crew from Plymouth to Cape Verde. Image Name Born Died Position Additional informationSir Ernest Shackleton18741922Commander Died on South Georgia during the expeditionFrank Wild187319392nd in CommandTook command of the expedition on Shackleton's death. Had served as 2nd in Command on Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic ExpeditionFrank Worsley18721943Captain of QuestFormerly Captain of Endurance during the Imperial Trans-Antarctic ExpeditionAlexander Kerr18921964EngineerServed as 2nd Engineer on the Imperial Trans-Antarctic ExpeditionJames McIlroy18791968Surgeon/MeteorologistVeteran of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic ExpeditionAlexander Macklin18891967Surgeon/In charge of stores and equipmentVeteran of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic ExpeditionLeonard Hussey18911964Meteorologist/Assistant SurgeonAccompanied Shackleton's body to Montevideo and then back to South Georgia, so was not present for most of the expedition. Veteran of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic ExpeditionCharles Green18881974CookVeteran of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic ExpeditionThomas McLeod18691960Able seamanVeteran of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic ExpeditionRoderick Carr18911971PilotAssisted with scientific work as the expedition's plane was unserviceableJames Dellc.18801968Electrician, BoatswainHad been with Shackleton on the Discovery ExpeditionHubert Wilkins18881958BiologistGeorge Vibert Douglas18921958GeologistBorn in Montreal, Canada. Professor of Geology, Dalhousie University (1932-1957)James Marr19021965Boy ScoutWith Mooney was selected from 1,700 Scouts who applied to accompany the expeditionNorman MooneyFull name: Norman Erland Mooneyc.1904Boy ScoutLeft the ship at Madeira after suffering chronic seasicknessDouglas George Jeffrey18851972NavigatorHad been intended for the original crew on the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, but when war broke out on the eve of Endurance'''s departure he felt compelled to stay in England to sign up. |- |||EriksenNot in Wild's crew list in his report to the Royal Geographical Society, but mentioned in Shackleton's Last Voyage||||||Harpoon expert||Returned home when the Quest put in at Rio de Janeiro for repairs |- |||John Charles Bee-MasonAlso known as John Charles Mason||c.1875||1957||Photographer||Left the ship at Madeira after suffering chronic seasickness |- |||C. E. Smith||||||2nd Engineer|| |- |||Harold Watts||||||Wireless Operator|| |- |||G. H. RossProbably George Hamblin Ross||||||Stoker|| |- |||Sydney Smith Young||||||Stoker||Joined the expedition in Rio de Janeiro |- |||Harold Arthur Argles Listed as James Argyles in Mills, p.340; as Argle and Argles in Shackleton's Last Voyage; as H. J. Argyles in the crew list of Wild's report to the Royal Geographical Society, and as Argles later in the same document.||1899||1929||Stoker||Joined the expedition in Rio de Janeiro. |- |||Christopher Naisbitt||||||Cook's assistant||Joined the expedition in Rio de Janeiro |- |||Query (dog)||1920/21He was a puppy when Shackleton brought him on board in early 1921||1922||Mascot||Washed overboard and drowned on June 9, 1922 |- |||Questie (cat)||1921||||Mascot||A kitten presented to the expedition by the Daily Mail'' Notes
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