Person

Ninnis, Belgrave Edward Sutton (1887 - 1912)

Born
22 June 1887
Streathem, Surrey, United Kingdom
Died
14 December 1912
Ninnis Glacier, Antarctica
Occupation
Antarctic explorer

Summary

Belgrave Ninnis was engaged by Douglas Mawson as minder for the Greenland Huskies on the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911-1914). In 1912 Ninnis was selected by Mawson to accompany him as a member of the Far Eastern Party to explore King George V Land. This became one of the most epic journeys in Antarctic history and resulted in the deaths of Ninnis and Xavier Mertz, the third member of the party. The Ninnis Glacier, George V Land, Antarctica, is named in his honour.

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Chronology

1908
Career event - Commissioned officer, Royal Fusiliers
1911 - 1912
Career position - Dog handler, Australasian Antarctic Expedition

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Published resources

Edited Books

  • Mornement, Allan and Riffenburgh, Beau eds, 'Mertz and I': the Antarctic diary of Belgrave Edward Ninnis (Norwich (U. K.): Erskine Press, 2014), 448 pp. Details

Resources

See also

  • Chester, Jonathan, Going to extremes: Project Blizzard and Australia's Antarctic heritage (Sydney: Auckland: Doubleday Australia, 1986), 308 pp. Details
  • Jensen, David, Mawson's remarkable men: the personal stories of the epic 1911-14 Australasian Antarctic Expediton (Sydeny: Allen and Unwin, 2015), 183 pp. Details

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