Polar Crusader
by Michael Smith (9781841585437)

Sir James Mann Wordie, born in Glasgow in 1889, was the elder statesman of polar exploration the link between the heroic Edwardian Age of Shackleton and Scott and the mechanised modern era which opened up Antarctica and the Artic. Wordies career as both an explorer and academic geologist opened up his participation in Shackletons epic Endurance expedition of 19141916, where he proved one of the most resilient of those stranded in appalling conditions on Elephant Island. He continued to lead arduous expeditions well into his forties, while building his reputation as an academic and mentor. During the Second World War he was instrumental in safeguarding British strategic interests in the Antarctic territories, and later rose to be President of the Royal Geographical Society and Master of St Johns College, Cambridge. He died in 1962.

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