Chippy McNish Polar Medal Campaign
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Henry "Chippy" McNish sailed with Shackleton in the ship Endurance on the 1914 Imperial TransAntarctic Expedition. He was an invaluable member of the party, fitting out the boat "James Caird" which set out on an 800 mile journey to get help for the stranded party. The Endurance story is one of the greatest survival stories of all time, yet McNish was denied the Polar Medal by Shackleton for apparently questioning his authority. His story can be read at various locations on the web. In his home town of Port Glasgow, Scotland, it is felt that he thoroughly deserves this honour and so this petition is asking for the Polar Medal to be finally awarded to this brave and independent-minded Scot
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Julius K
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I think that Chippy McNish should have got the polar medal, because with out him Shackleton and his six men crew could have got killed because McNish hadn't modified the boat Shackleton and the other 5 people used to cross the sea, they couldn't have surv
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Ralph C
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The Boss's poor decisision to drag the boats across sea ice was later proven to be a mistake and needed to be questioned at the time. Please give this highly skilled, hard working, crucial member of the expedition his well deserved medal.... Finally. With
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Cynthia Sl
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I may be an American, but I am from a long line of Scottish and Irish seafaring people. 'Chippy' was THE person that held the small boats together to get to the islands. Why isn't saving all your crew mates medal worthy?
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David R
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Newspaper article sent me by a friend in NZ. This seems to be a wrong long over due to be righted.
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