Person
Worsley, Frank Arthur
- Born
- New Zealand
- Occupation
- Antarctic explorer
Summary
Frank Worsley was Captain of the "Endurance" on the British Trans- Antarctic Expedition 1914-1917 under E. Shackleton, was a member of the Shackleton-Rowett Expedition 1921-1922, and was joint leader of the British Arctic Expedition to Franz Josef Land 1925.
Archival resources
Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales
- Frank Arthur Worsley - Records, 1916 - 1922, MSS 1334; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
- Frank Arthur Worsley - Records, 1914 - 1916, FM 3/749-50; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
- Frank Arthur Worsley - Records, 1925, FM 4/2737; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection
Published resources
Books
- Thomson, John; edited by Watson, Judith, Frank Worsley: Shackleton's Fearless Captain (Nelson, N.Z.: Craig Potton Publishing, 2014), 216 pp. Details
Journal Articles
- Stonehouse, Bernard, 'Shackleton's Emperor Penguins', Polar Record, 50 (2014), 192-9. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1230344. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/42710800. Details
- 'Worsley, Frank Arthur (1872-1943)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1034134. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 26 February 2018
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