Joseph Stenhouse
British explorer (1887-1941) · Historical Figures · Died at 53
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.
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![Officers and crew of motorboat Jolly Roger on Lake Onega, summer 1919. Seated officers from left to right are: Major James Mather, DSO, RE (seconded RNVR); Lieutenant Joseph Stenhouse, DSO, DSC, RNR; and Captain Herbert Littledale, MC, RGA[h][6][7]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/IWM_%28Q_16773%29.jpg/1280px-IWM_%28Q_16773%29.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=parser&utm_content=thumbnail)
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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.
