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Australian physicist

Andrew Keith Jack Aneroid Barometer used by Keith Jack during Antarctic expedition Born (1885-09-09)9 September 1885 Melbourne, Australia Died 26 September 1966(1966-09-26) (aged 81) Education University of Melbourne Occupation Physicist

**Andrew Keith Jack** (9 September 1885 – 26 September 1966) was an Australian physicist who served as a member of the [Ross Sea Party](/source/Ross_Sea_Party) as part of [Ernest Shackleton's](/source/Ernest_Shackleton) [Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition](/source/Imperial_Trans-Antarctic_Expedition).

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 Antarctica after the loss of the ship Aurora. During this time he kept a regular diary across five volumes.[1] Jack was rescued along with six other survivors in 1917. Jack also took many photographs during the expedition, some of which were later hand-coloured as lantern slides.[2] Jack'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](/source/Museum_Victoria).[3][4]

After the expedition, Jack worked during the [war](/source/World_War_I) 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. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Keith Jack Diary, State Library Victoria](http://www.cv.vic.gov.au/stories/a-diverse-state/the-ross-sea-party/keith-jack-diary-jun-2-1915-pp13-16/)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [The Ross Sea Party, Culture Victoria (Lantern slide)](http://www.cv.vic.gov.au/stories/a-diverse-state/the-ross-sea-party/)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-therm_3-0)** ["Thermometers - Boxed, Cary, London, 1914-1917"](https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/items/385913). Museum Victoria. Retrieved 17 March 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-barom_4-0)** ["Aneroid Barometer - Trans-Antarctic Expedition. 1914-1917"](https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/articles/1829). *Museum Victoria*. Retrieved 17 March 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** [Jack, Andrew Keith (1885-1966) biography](http://trove.nla.gov.au/people/1476058?c=people)

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