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Frank Wild

(1873-1939)
British Antarctica explorer
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John Robert Francis Wild (18 April 1873 – 19 August 1939) was an English sailor and explorer. He participated in five expeditions to Antarctica during the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, for which he was awarded the Polar Medal with four bars, one of only two men to be so honoured, the other being Ernest Joyce.

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Born John Robert Francis Wild
10 April 1873
Skelton-in-Cleveland, North Riding of Yorkshire, England
Died
19 August 1939 (aged 66)
Klerksdorp, Transvaal Province, South Africa
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  • Ernest Wild
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    Ernest Shackleton · Friend · 1874-1922 · Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer edit info
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