Mackay, Alastair
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| born on | 22 February 1878 at 16:30 (= 4:30 PM ) | ||||
| Place | Southend, Scotland, 55n19, 5w38 | ||||
| Timezone | GMT h0e (is standard time) | ||||
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| Astrology data |   03°58'   15°48 Asc. 22°54'
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Biography
Alistair Mackay was a Scottish doctor and polar explorer. He was one the trio of explorers, along with Douglas Mawson and Professor Edgeworth David, who became the first humans to reach the South Magnetic Pole.
Mackay was also the ship's doctor on the ill-fated Karluk expedition in 1913 led by Vilhjalmur Stefansson to explore the regions west of Parry Archipelago for the Government of Canada. After the Karluk, captained by Robert Bartlett, was stranded, crushed, and sunk by pack ice, Mackay and three other members of the crew died in 1914 of exposure while struggling across the Arctic ice to reach Wrangel Island or Herald Island.
Source Notes
Paul Wright quotes B.C.
Categories
- Vocation : Travel : Explorer