Alistair McKay
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Alistair Mackay
Alistair Forbes Mackay[1] (22 février 1878, Carsgey, Argyllshire[1] — février 1914[1]) est un explorateur britannique de l'Antarctique.
Fils du colonel A. Forbes Mackay du 92e régiment des Gordon Highlanders[2], il fait ses études à Édimbourg, puis suit à Dundee les cours de zoologie des professeurs Patrick Geddes et D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson[2].
Après avoir été soldat en Afrique du Sud, puis dans la police de Robert Baden-Powell, il passe l'examen final de médecine pour le titre de chirurgien[2].
Célibataire[2], il a navigué quatre ans dans la Royal Navy avant de prendre sa retraite[2] et partir à vingt-neuf ans[2] comme assistant chirurgien[1] sur l'expédition Nimrod (1907–1909) dirigée par Ernest Shackleton. Durant cette expédition, il a atteint le pôle Sud magnétique avec Edgeworth David et Douglas Mawson.
Bibliographie
- (en) Beau Riffenburgh, Shackleton's Forgotten Expedition: The Voyage of the Nimrod, Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2005, 384 p. (ISBN 978-1582346113)
Notes et références
- ↑ a , b , c et d Beau Riffenburgh, Shackleton's Forgotten Expedition: The Voyage of the Nimrod, p. xxiii
- ↑ a , b , c , d , e et f (en) British Antarctic Expedition 1907-09, Nimrod, Crew and Personnel List, coolantarctica.com. Consulté le 19 octobre 2008
Portail de l’Antarctique
Catégories : Naissance en 1878 | Décès en 191 | Membre de l'expédition Nimrod | Explorateur britannique | Chirurgien britannique
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