190:; but on 18 January 1915, a few miles short of this destination, the ship was beset by ice and frozen into heavy pack from which she would not emerge. Greenstreet's duties changed with the new status of his ship; he kept deck watches in an attempt to find a lead of open water through which the ship could extricate itself, and joined a crew assigned to work below-decks in a futile attempt to stop the leaks that the ice was beginning to punch through the ship's hull. Despite the work of Greenstreet and his seamen and fellow ship's officers, Shackleton was forced to issue the order to abandon ship on 27 October. The expedition's 28 members and ship's company had to camp together as castaways on the frozen surface of the
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Worsley, who had chosen
Greenstreet on very short notice to join the fateful expedition, repeatedly paid tribute to him in his memoirs. During the first open-boat journey, "Greenstreet was splendid, never losing hope and always ready to crack some appalling sailor-joke." On Elephant Island Worsley's
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had drifted northward into warmer water, the change in water temperature caused their refuge to melt and on 9 April 1916 they were forced to climb aboard the open boats that they had salvaged from their former vessel. Shackleton and his men had salvaged three lifeboats, and
Greenstreet was the
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for an interview; and upon arrival, after brief inspection by
Worsley he was abruptly told that the position of First Officer was his and that he had twenty-four hours to prepare for the departure of the vessel to the
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last sight of
Greenstreet prior to the Southern Ocean trip was his former First Officer, "cheerfully profane as ever", helping to bag stones to be loaded onto the
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in 1914, asking to be considered for a berth. His request arrived just as the ship's named First
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Greenstreet, although characterised by
Worsley as "a fine seaman", was not chosen to accompany the six-man party that set out from Elephant Island to
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set out into the
Southern Ocean. Greenstreet and his 21 fellow castaways remained encamped on Elephant Island, and were rescued on 30 August 1916.
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Frozen like a board and caked with ice, the canvas was sewn, in painful circumstances, by two cheery optimists – Greenstreet, Chief
Officer of the
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After the war, he resumed insurance work prior to retirement. His wife Millie died in 1955 and he married Audrey Day.
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during the eight-day ordeal that marked the progress of the open-boat flotilla to a new and more secure campsite on
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on the coast of
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of the
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equipment officer in charge of the US shipbuilding programme of rescue tugs for the Admiralty under
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fourth-ranking member of the expedition. He accompanied his captain, Frank Worsley, in the
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was abandoned, Greenstreet's duties again changed. He was given brief command of a team of
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Greenstreet was born into a family of officers in the
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524:(Supplement). 27 February 1917. p. 2102.
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309:in 1917, serving in supply barges on the
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112:Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition
34:Lionel Greenstreet, taken on board
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293:Lt Greenstreet, photographed by
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1276:Recipients of the Polar Medal
585:Shackleton, Ernest (1999) .
136:New Zealand Shipping Company
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339:in January 1942 to become
255:into a jury-rigged canvas
236:in the archipelago of the
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616:Shackleton's Boat Journey
324:He saw active service in
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1281:Royal Engineers officers
593:. New York City: Signet/
285:Later life and character
469:Shackleton, pp. 133–34.
122:within the expedition.
612:Worsley, F.A. (1977).
442:Shackleton, pp. 83–84.
424:Shackleton, pp. 79–80.
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295:David Knights-Whittome
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178:, and the goal of the
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328:as an officer in the
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218:weighing 800 pounds.
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595:New American Library
313:in British-occupied
245:South Georgia Island
144:Master's certificate
110:and a member of the
85:Millie Baddeley Muir
563:Worsley, pp. 62–63.
534:Shackleton, p. 375.
505:Worsley, pp. 97–98.
460:Shackleton, p. 115.
330:Royal Naval Reserve
550:The London Gazette
521:The London Gazette
451:Shackleton, p. 90.
433:Shackleton, p. 83.
415:Shackleton, p. 78.
406:Shackleton, p. 32.
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98:Lionel Greenstreet
22:Lionel Greenstreet
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388:on 14 August 2007
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303:second lieutenant
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176:Ernest Shackleton
120:Weddell Sea party
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1266:1979 deaths
1261:1889 births
1047:Greenstreet
734:Caird Coast
696:James Caird
545:"No. 29965"
516:"No. 29965"
356:James Caird
315:Mesopotamia
279:James Caird
262:James Caird
192:Weddell Sea
156:World War I
116:Polar Medal
1255:Categories
1175:Stephenson
1168:Shackleton
1145:Mrs Chippy
1012:Blackborow
957:Mackintosh
714:Luis Pardo
392:19 October
345:lend-lease
341:rescue tug
337:Freebooter
202:After the
184:Vahsel Bay
88:Audrey Day
1161:Rickinson
1154:Orde-Lees
995:Endurance
900:Stenhouse
832:d'Anglade
808:Personnel
790:Stromness
741:Cave Cove
726:Locations
271:Endurance
223:Endurance
208:sled dogs
204:Endurance
180:Endurance
160:Endurance
148:Endurance
140:sea cadet
126:Biography
107:Endurance
36:Endurance
1227:Category
1117:McCarthy
1019:Cheetham
1005:Bakewell
964:Richards
906:Thompson
877:Mugridge
862:Kavanagh
837:Donnelly
198:Castaway
1239:Commons
1203:Worsley
1182:Vincent
1124:McIlroy
1110:Marston
1103:Macklin
1054:Holness
977:Stevens
936:Hayward
872:Maugher
867:Larkman
847:Glidden
842:Downing
579:Sources
297:in 1917
188:dogsled
104:of the
79:Spouses
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1138:McNish
1131:McLeod
1082:Hussey
1075:Hurley
1068:Hudson
911:Warren
882:Ninnis
818:Aurora
706:Yelcho
686:Aurora
676:Events
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253:canvas
70:Sailor
1089:James
1040:Green
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1026:Clark
950:Joyce
888:Paton
857:Hooke
852:Grady
827:Atkin
362:Notes
1189:Wild
1096:Kerr
983:Wild
943:Jack
930:Gaze
925:Cope
916:Wise
894:Shaw
625:ISBN
599:ISBN
394:2011
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