Who died on January 5th 1922 whilst on his fourth Antarctic expedition?
Australasian Antarctic Expedition Australasian Antarctic Expedition The Australasian Antarctic Expedition (AAE) was an Australasian scientific team that explored part of Antarctica between 1911 and 1914. It was led by the Australian geologist Douglas Mawson, who was knighted for his achievements in leading the expedition. In 1910 he began to plan an expedition to chart the coastline of Antarctica to the south of Australia. The Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science approved of his plans and contributed substantial funds for the expedition. Accomplishments were made in geology, glaciology and terrestrial biology, unlike both of Ernest Shackleton's following expeditions which produced very little science.
Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition was employed during the last weeks of the war on special service in Murmansk, with the Army rank of Major. This occupied him until March 1919. He thereafter organised one final Antarctic expedition, the Shackleton–Rowett Expedition on "Quest", which left London on 17 September 1921. From the "Endurance" crew, Wild, Worsley, Macklin, McIlroy, Hussey, Alexander Kerr, Thomas McLeod and cook Charles Green, all sailed with "Quest". Shackleton died of a heart attack on 5 January 1922, while "Quest" was anchored at South Georgia. After his death the original programme, which had included an exploration of Enderby Land, was abandoned. Wild