John King Davis - Antarctic navigator who in 1907 became chief officer of Shackleton's steam yacht Nimrod, sailing for Antarctica on 07.Aug.1907. After the British Antarctic Expedition, Davis commanded the Nimrod, sailing via Macquarie Island and Cape Horn. In 1911 he was then appointed master of the Aurora, and second-in-command of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition of 1911-14, under Douglas Mawson. During the expedition he made five cruises, essential in establishing and