Arnold Spencer-Smith
British explorer
Died when: 32 years 358 days (395 months)Star Sign: Pisces
Arnold Patrick Spencer-Smith FRHistS (17 March 1883 – 9 March 1916) was an English clergyman and amateur photographer who joined Sir Ernest Shackleton's 1914–1917 Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition as chaplain on the Ross Sea party, who were tasked with laying a chain of depots across the Ross Ice Shelf towards the Beardmore Glacier for Shackleton's intended crossing party.
On the trail, Spencer-Smith fell ill with scurvy at 83° south and left alone in a tent for 10 days while the others continued on to lay the last depot.
After their return he was pulled on a sledge back towards the base at Cape Evans, but died on the journey in March 1916.
Cape Spencer-Smith on White Island in the Ross Archipelago is named in his honour.
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