You might have spotted on the Google homepage that today is Ernest Shackleton's birthday. While I didn't make it to Elephant Island (wasn't far away, though), I saw a few places the Endurance saw, too, albeit from the comforts of a modern cruise ship so his life and work will always be special to me.

An Antarctica related post by lizzip last night reminded me that there is a mountain named after me one of my many namesakes who was a navigator/ice pilot on the Fram, Amunden's ship. I wish I had his ability to grow a moustache, though.
I've known this since I was at the North Cape in '84 where there are photos of Amundsen's crew in a museum.