Antarctic vignettes III:Shackleton's ab - William Frederick Williams

• Main Author: Dartnall, Herbert J G
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: /dk/atira/pure/mqoutputs/18; C1 - Refereed Journal Article; Antarctic; Nimrod; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://researchers.mq.edu.au/en/publications/5e6a2ee0-ad99-48f9-a3f6-a0a92108c4fc; http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=77749261743&partnerID=8YFLogxK

William Frederick Williams was born in Tasmania in 1886. He joined Ernest Shackleton's British Antarctic Expedition, signing on in the name of W. Williams, and served as an AB (Able Seaman) on the Steam Yacht Nimrod on her second voyage south (1908-09). On return to Tasmania he tried his hand a...