Joseph Stenhouse
(1887-1941)
British explorer
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Commander Joseph Russell Stenhouse, DSO, OBE, DSC, RD, RNR (1887–1941) was a Scottish-born seaman, Royal Navy Officer and Antarctic navigator, who commanded the expedition vessel SY Aurora during her 283-day drift in the ice while on service with the Ross Sea Party component of Sir Ernest Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition in 1914–17. After Auroras escape from the ice he brought her safely to New Zealand, but was thereafter replaced as the vessel's commander. He later served with distinction in the Royal Navy during both World Wars.
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Joseph Russell Stenhouse 15 November 1887 Dumbarton, Scotland
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12 September 1941 (aged 53) Red Sea
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| Zodiac | Scorpio |
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