Perce Blackborow

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Perce Blackborow was a young Welsh sailor best known for having stowed away and later serving as a crew member on Ernest Shackleton’s ill-fated Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf person
sailor
stowaway
associatedWith Endurance expedition NERFINISHED
Ernest Shackleton NERFINISHED
Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration NERFINISHED
birthPlaceCountry United Kingdom NERFINISHED
Wales NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1894
dateOfDeath 1949
employer Ernest Shackleton NERFINISHED
era early 20th century
ethnicGroup Welsh people
expedition Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition NERFINISHED
familyName Blackborow NERFINISHED
gender male
givenName Perce NERFINISHED
knownFor serving as a crew member on the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition
stowing away on Ernest Shackleton’s Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition
language English
laterBecame a formally enlisted crew member
medicalConsequence amputation of toes
memberOf Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition NERFINISHED
name Perce Blackborow NERFINISHED
nationality Welsh
notableEvent discovered as a stowaway after Endurance sailed
notableFor being the youngest member of the Endurance crew
occupation sailor
participatedIn Endurance crew’s drift on pack ice
boat journey to Elephant Island
placeOfBirth Newport, Wales NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Newport, Wales NERFINISHED
rescueBy Ernest Shackleton NERFINISHED
rescueFrom Elephant Island NERFINISHED
role crew member
steward
servedUnder Ernest Shackleton NERFINISHED
ship Endurance NERFINISHED
suffered severe frostbite
survived Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition NERFINISHED
wasOnBoard Endurance when it became trapped in Antarctic ice

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