- Birth nameJoseph Russell Stenhouse
- Nicknames
- Joseph Stenhouse
- J. R. Stenhouse
- Commander Joseph Russell Stenhouse, DSO, OBE, DSC, RD, RNR (1887-1941) was a Scottish-born seaman, Royal Navy Officer and Antarctic navigator, who commanded the expedition vessel SY Aurora during her 283-day drift in the ice while on service with the Ross Sea Party component of Sir Ernest Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1914-17. After Aurora's escape from the ice he brought her safely to New Zealand, but was thereafter replaced as the vessel's commander. He later served with distinction in the Royal Navy during both World Wars.- IMDb Mini Biography By: shacky's girl
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