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Alistair Mackay
Mackay, Edgeworth David, and Douglas Mawson at the South Magnetic Pole on 16 January 1909
Born
Alistair Forbes Mackay

(1878-02-22)22 February 1878
Carskey, Argyllshire, Scotland
Diedc. (aged 35)
near Herald Island, Chukchi Sea
EducationGeorge Watson's College
Alma mater
  • University of Edinburgh
  • University of Dundee
Occupation(s)Physician, biologist, polar explorer
Known for
  • First ascent of Mount Erebus
  • First to the South Magnetic Pole
  • Death during the Karluk expedition
AwardsSilver Polar Medal (1909)
Military career
AllegianceAlistair Mackay United Kingdom
BranchBritish Army, Royal Navy
Service years1902–1906 (navy)
UnitSouth African Constabulary
WarsSecond Boer War

Alistair Forbes Mackay (22 February 1878 – c. February 1914) was a Scottish physician, biologist, and polar explorer known for being the first, along with Australians Douglas Mawson and Edgeworth David, to reach the South Magnetic Pole on 16 January 1909, during the British Antarctic Expedition of 1907–1909.

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