Aeneas Mackintosh
British Merchant Navy officer and Antarctic explorer (1879-1916) · Historical Figures · Died at 36
Aeneas Lionel Acton Mackintosh was a British Merchant Navy officer and Antarctic explorer who commanded the Ross Sea party as part of Sir Ernest Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1914-1917.
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Mackintosh with his daughter, Pamela, c. 1912
Ernest Shackleton, leader of the Nimrod Expedition
Cocos Island in the Pacific Ocean, where Mackintosh searched for treasure in 1911
The Ross Sea party in Australia. Mackintosh is seated in the middle row, third from left. Ernest Joyce is standing, extreme left, back row. Arnold Spencer-Smith is the tall figure, centre back row.
Spencer-Smith and Mackintosh being hauled on the sledge
McMurdo Sound, frozen over. Mackintosh and Hayward set out on 8 May 1916 from Hut Point (A), intending to walk to Cape Evans (B). They disappeared in the area marked C.Awards
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The Ross Sea party's mission was to support Shackleton's proposed transcontinental march by laying supply depots along the latter stages of the march's intended route. In the face of persistent setbacks and practical difficulties, Mackintosh's party fulfilled its task, although he and two others died in the course of their duties.
