Mrs Chippy was the name of the ship’s cat aboard which vessel used by Ernest Shackleton for his Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition?
Mrs Chippy Mrs Chippy Mrs Chippy was a cat (actually male) who accompanied Sir Ernest Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914–1917. Mrs Chippy, a tiger-striped tabby, was taken on board the expedition's ship "Endurance" as a ship's cat by carpenter and master shipwright Harry "Chippy" McNish ("Chippy" being a colloquial British term for a carpenter). The cat acquired its name because, once aboard, it followed McNish around like an overly-attentive wife. One month after the ship set sail for Antarctica it was discovered that, despite "her" name, Mrs Chippy was actually a male. By that time, however, the name had stuck. He
Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition include the 2002 two-part television drama "Shackleton", written and directed by Charles Sturridge, with Kenneth Branagh as Shackleton. In preparation for his role, Branagh spent six weeks in the Antarctic. In 2013 PBS screened a three-part documentary that recreates the "James Caird" voyage using a replica lifeboat and original materials. Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition The Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914–1917 is considered to be the last major expedition of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. Conceived by Sir Ernest Shackleton, the expedition was an attempt to make the first land crossing of the Antarctic continent. After Amundsen's