Frank Wild

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British Antarctica explorer (1873-1939)

United Kingdom Historical FiguresLived 1873 to 1939 · aged 66

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John Robert Francis Wild was an English sailor and explorer. He participated in five expeditions to Antarctica during the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, for which he was awarded the Polar Medal with four bars, one of only two men to be so honoured, the other being Ernest Joyce.

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Frank Wild (left side) beside Shackleton

Frank Wild's gravestone in Grytviken Cemetery

Awards 5

1924Patron’s Medal

1924David Livingstone Centenary Medal

Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Polar Medal

Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society

In their orbit 4

SpouseVera Alexandra Bogosoff

SpouseBeatrice Lydia Rhys Rowbotham

FatherBenjamin Wild

MotherMary Cook

Connected to Frank 6

Philip SclaterAlso won Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society

Lincoln EllsworthAlso won David Livingstone Centenary Medal

Vivian FuchsAlso won Polar Medal

Hubert WilkinsAlso won Patron’s Medal

Otto SverdrupAlso won Patron’s Medal

Paweł StrzeleckiAlso won Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society

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