Andrew Keith Jack
A small circular pocket-watch sized instrument in a leather case
Aneroid Barometer used by Keith Jack during Antarctic expedition
Born(1885-09-09)9 September 1885
Melbourne, Australia
Died26 September 1966(1966-09-26) (aged 81)
EducationUniversity of Melbourne
OccupationPhysicist

Andrew Keith Jack (also known as Keith Jack) (9 September 1885 – 26 September 1966) was an Australian physicist who served as a member of the Ross Sea Party as part of Ernest Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition.

Keith Jack was educated at the University of Melbourne, graduating with an MSc in 1914. A year later he joined the Shackleton expedition, where along with other members of the crew, he became stranded for 2 years in Antarctic after the loss of the ship Aurora. During this time he kept a regular diary across five volumes.[1] Keith was rescued along with six other survivors in 1917. Keith also took many photographs during the expedition, some of which were later hand-coloured as lantern slides.[2] Keith's diaries, as well as a number of his artefacts from the expedition, including his 1829 Aneroid barometer and a set of two thermometers, were bequeathed to the Museum Victoria.[3][4]

After the expedition, Keith worked during the war in an explosives factory (known as the Cordite Factory), utilising his expertise in chemistry, eventually become a Senior Assistant Manager.[5] After the war he took on various roles managing explosives and safety for the Australian Government.

References

  1. ↑ Keith Jack Diary, State Library Victoria
  2. ↑ The Ross Sea Party, Culture Victoria (Lantern slide)
  3. ↑ "Thermometers - Boxed, Cary, London, 1914-1917". Museum Victoria. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  4. ↑ "Aneroid Barometer - Trans-Antarctic Expedition. 1914-1917". Museum Victoria. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  5. ↑ Jack, Andrew Keith (1885-1966) biography


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