Maps and Exploration

Arnold Spencer-Smith

Arnold Patrick Spencer-Smith (17 March 1883 – 9 March 1916) was an English clergyman and amateur photographer who joined Sir Ernest Shackleton's 1914–1917 Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition as chaplain on the Ross Sea party, who were tasked with laying a chain of depots across the Ross Ice Shelf towards the Beardmore Glacier for Shackleton's intended crossing party. On the trail, Spencer-Smith fell ill with scurvy at 83° south and left alone in a tent for 10 days while the others continued on to lay the last depot. After their return he was pulled on a sledge back towards the base at Cape Evans, but died on the journey in March 1916. Cape Spencer-Smith on White Island in the Ross Archipelago is named in his honour.

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See also

• ▸Georges Lecointe (explorer)
• ▸Dual-use technology
• ▸Fort Jefferson (Ohio)

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