Leonard Hussey

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Leonard Hussey was a British meteorologist and explorer best known for serving as the cheerful and resilient meteorologist on Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition.

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instanceOf British person
explorer
human
meteorologist
areaOfExpertise clinical medicine
polar meteorology
weather forecasting
associatedWith Ernest Shackleton
buried United Kingdom
colleague Ernest Shackleton
Frank Wild
Frank Worsley
Tom Crean
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
educatedAt University of London
employer Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition
Shackleton–Rowett Expedition
fieldOfWork medicine
meteorology
polar exploration
gender male
hasHonor military service during World War I
hasNameInLanguage Leonard Hussey (English)
linked to: Leonard Hussey
hasNotableConnection present at the death of Ernest Shackleton on the Shackleton–Rowett Expedition
hasNotableExperience overwintering in Antarctic conditions with Shackleton’s crew
survival after Endurance was trapped and crushed in pack ice
knownFor participation in Ernest Shackleton’s Antarctic expeditions
service as meteorologist on the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition
languageSpoken English
memberOfExpedition Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition
Shackleton–Rowett Expedition
nationality British
notableCharacteristic cheerful personality
resilience under hardship
notableRole meteorologist on board Endurance
notableWork meteorological observations during the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition
occupation explorer
medical doctor
meteorologist
participantIn Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition
Shackleton–Rowett Expedition
placeOfActivity Antarctica
United Kingdom
roleInTeam boosting morale of the expedition members
servedIn British Army
servedInConflict World War I
workedOn Antarctic climate observations

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Leonard Hussey hasNameInLanguage Leonard Hussey (English)
linked to: Leonard Hussey