# Walter How

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English sailor (1885–1972)

Walter How Born Walter Ernest How (1885-12-25)25 December 1885 Bermondsey, London, England Died 5 August 1972(1972-08-05) (aged 86) London, England Allegiance United Kingdom Branch British Merchant Navy Rank Able seaman Expeditions Imperial Trans-Antarctic

**Walter Ernest How** (25 December 1885 – 5 August 1972) was an English sailor, known for taking part in the [Ernest Shackleton](/source/Ernest_Shackleton)-led [Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition](/source/Imperial_Trans-Antarctic_Expedition) from 1914 to 1917.

Born in [Bermondsey](/source/Bermondsey), London, he became a sailor when he was 12 years old.[1] He married Helen Varey in 1913, and his first daughter was born only six weeks before his departure on the [*Endurance*](/source/Endurance_(1912_ship)).

When the *Endurance* made a stop at [Buenos Aires](/source/Buenos_Aires) *en route* to the [Antarctica](/source/Antarctica), How, along with [William Bakewell](/source/William_Lincoln_Bakewell), helped smuggle [Perce Blackborow](/source/Perce_Blackborow) on board as a stowaway.[2] After the *Endurance* sank, trapped in the sea ice around [Antarctica](/source/Antarctica), How was forced to survive upon the icebergs along with the rest of the crew. When they later used the three wooden lifeboats to row to [Elephant Island](/source/Elephant_Island), How was in the *Stancomb Wills*.

On return to England after their eventual rescue, How was awarded the [Polar Medal](/source/Polar_Medal) and joined the [Merchant Navy](/source/Merchant_Navy_(United_Kingdom)) during the [Great War](/source/Great_War).

## Footnotes

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Endurance Obituaries - Walter Ernest How"](https://web.archive.org/web/20130310000551/http://www.enduranceobituaries.co.uk/how.htm). Archived from [the original](http://www.enduranceobituaries.co.uk/how.htm) on 10 March 2013.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Walter Ernest How – (1885–1972) – Biographical notes"](https://www.coolantarctica.com/Antarctica%20fact%20file/History/biography/how_walter.php). *Cool Antarctica*. Retrieved 16 April 2019.

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