1879 - 1918
Ernest Wild British Explorer
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Details
| First Name |
Ernest
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| Last Name |
Wild
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| Full Name at Birth |
Henry Ernest Wild
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| Alternative Name |
Henry Ernest Wild
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| Birthday |
10th August, 1879
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| Died |
10th March, 1918
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| Place of Death |
Medierranean Sea
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| Zodiac Sign |
Leo
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| Ethnicity |
White
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| Nationality |
British
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| Occupation Text |
Royal Naval seaman and Antarctic explorer.
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| Occupation |
Explorer
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| Claim to Fame |
Member of the Ross Sea party in support of Sir Ernest Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1914–17.
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Henry Ernest Wild AM (10 August 1879 – 10 March 1918), known as Ernest Wild, was a British Royal Naval seaman and Antarctic explorer, a younger brother of Frank Wild.
Unlike his more renowned brother, who went south on five occasions, Ernest Wild made only a single trip to the Antarctic, as a member of the Ross Sea party in support of Sir Ernest Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1914–17.
He was one of the group of ten who were stranded ashore when the expedition's ship was blown from its moorings in a gale and were forced to improvise in order to survive. He played a full part in the party's main depot-laying journey, 1915–16, and in recognition of his efforts to save the lives of two comrades on that journey, he was posthumously awarded the Albert Medal. Having survived the expedition, he died while on active service with the Royal Navy in the Mediterranean Sea in March 1918.
