# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joseph-stenhouse
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:53:29.074Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joseph-stenhouse"
name: "Joseph Stenhouse"
slug: "joseph-stenhouse"
description: "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 Aurora's 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."
tagline: "British explorer (1887-1941)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joseph_Stenhouse.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1887-11-15"
deathDate: "1941-09-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.537293333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Joseph Stenhouse"
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    title: "Joseph Stenhouse"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Stenhouse"
    title: "Joseph Stenhouse"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Stenhouse"
    title: "Joseph Stenhouse"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92'%D7%95%D7%96%D7%A3_%D7%A1%D7%98%D7%A0%D7%94%D7%90%D7%95%D7%96"
    title: "ג'וזף סטנהאוז"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Stenhouse"
    title: "Joseph Stenhouse"
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  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Stenhouse"
    title: "Joseph Stenhouse"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3185660"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump