Harry Kirkwood
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Harry Kirkwood
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Captain Henry Kirkwood was one of the most experienced British ice captains. He was "loaned" from the Royal Navy to command HMNZS Endeavour (1956) on the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition. Kirkwood served on the Royal Research Ship Discovery II for six years before World War II, twice circumnavigating the Antarctic Continent. He was with the rescue party which found Lincoln Ellsworth and Herbert Hollick-Kenyon when they crashed on a flight in Antarctica.
He was Captain of HMNZS Endeavour (
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British ice captain
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Kirkwood
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2008-05-28T14:47:43Z
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2024-08-27T20:17:11Z
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