Joseph Stenhouse, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Joseph Stenhouse

British explorer

Date of Birth: 15-Nov-1887

Place of Birth: Dumbarton, Scotland, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 12-Sep-1941

Profession: explorer

Nationality: Scotland

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

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.
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.