Editing Ernest Shackleton (section)

=== Crew ===
Shackleton led the expedition, Captain [[Frank Worsley]] commanded the ''Endurance''{{sfn|Johnson|2003|p=60}} and Captain Aeneas Mackintosh the ''Aurora''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.spri.cam.ac.uk/archives/shackleton/expeditions/aurora.html |title=Articles from the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (Aurora) – About the expedition |date=16 September 2021 |access-date=8 February 2024 |work=Scott Polar Research Institute |url-status=live |archive-date=9 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230209031908/https://www.spri.cam.ac.uk/archives/shackleton/expeditions/aurora.html}}</ref><!--Stenhouse took over as captain when Mackintosh went ashore with the Ross Sea party.--> On the ''Endurance'', the second-in-command was the experienced explorer Frank Wild,{{sfn|Alexander|1998|p=13}} and the first officer was [[Lionel Greenstreet]].{{sfn|Lansing|1999|p=18}} The meteorologist was [[Leonard Hussey]],{{sfn|Lansing|1999|p=15}} who was also an able banjo player.{{sfn|Alexander|1998|p=53}} Surgeon [[James McIlroy (surgeon)|James McIlroy]] was head of the scientific staff, which included geologist [[James Wordie]].{{sfn|Lansing|1999|p=38}} [[Alexander Macklin]] was the second of the two surgeons,{{sfn|Lansing|1999|p=15}} also in charge of keeping the 70&nbsp;dogs healthy. [[Tom Crean (explorer)|Tom Crean]] was in more immediate charge as head dog-handler. Other crew included navigator [[Hubert Hudson]],{{sfn|Lansing|1999|p=35}} physicist Reginald James,{{sfn|Lansing|1999|p=15}} a carpenter [[Harry McNish]], and a biologist named [[Robert Clark (zoologist)|Robert Clark]].{{sfn|Lansing|1999|p=24}}

Of later independent fame was the expedition's official photographer [[Frank Hurley]],{{sfn|Lansing|1999|p=22}} known on this mission for his perilous shots.<ref name="NYT-AMNH-1999" /> [[Perce Blackborow]] was a nineteen-year-old Welsh sailor who had stowed away on the ship after being refused a job;{{sfn|Worsley|1931|p=5}} although angered by this, Shackleton realised it was too late to turn back by the time the situation was discovered, so Blackborow was allowed to join the crew and assigned to the ship's galley.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-60525094 |title=Endurance: The Newport stowaway on Shackleton shipwreck |date=26 February 2002 |access-date=7 February 2024 |work=BBC News |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221119052950/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-60525094 |archive-date=19 November 2022}}</ref>

There was a (male) cat on board, named [[Mrs Chippy]], that belonged to the carpenter Harry McNish. Mrs Chippy was shot when the ''Endurance'' sank, due to the belief that he would not have survived the ordeal that followed.<ref>{{cite book|title=Favourite Cat Stories: New Tales of Feline Frolics for Devoted Cat Lovers |first=Stella |last=Whitelaw |year=2000 |publisher=Michael O'Mara Books |isbn=978-1-85479-541-0 |page=131 |chapter=Mrs Chippy}}</ref>{{sfn|Lansing|1999|p=58}}