Family's medal fight for Shackleton's rebel Scot From: The Scotsman | Date: December 16, 2002| Author: Jim McBeth | Copyright 2002 The Scotsman. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

A CAMPAIGN has been launched to win a Polar Medal for a Scottish seaman who was part of Sir Ernest Shackleton's famed expedition to the South Pole.

Supporters of shipwright Henry "Chippy" McNish believe he was denied the award because he had the temerity to stand up to Shackleton.

When he believed the Mr McNish was one of 28 crew who accompanied Shackleton on board the Endurance on the South Pole expedition of 1914-16, a journey that became a battle to stay alive when the ship ...

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