Thomas Abernethy (explorer)
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Thomas Abernethy (1803 – 13 April 1860) was a Scottish seafarer, gunner in the Royal Navy, and polar explorer. Because he was neither an officer nor a gentleman, he was little mentioned in the books written by the leaders of the expeditions he went on, but was praised in what was written. In 1857, he was awarded the Arctic Medal for his service as an able seaman on the 1824–25 voyage of HMS Hecla, the first of his five expeditions for which participants were eligible for the award. He was in parties that, for their time, reached the furthest north, the furthest south (twice), and the nearest to the South Magnetic Pole. In 1831, along with James Clark Ross's team of six, Abernethy was in the first party ever to reach the North Magnetic Pole.
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Thomas Abernethy (explorer)
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Peterhead, Northeast Scotland
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Full length picture of a man wearing heavy, Arctic clothing. He is standing outside in front of a snow-covered stack of wooden crates
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Illustration from 1835 depicting Abernethy's party at the North Magnetic Pole
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Gravestone, Peterhead Old Kirkyard
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