Stwosz Icefall [SEP] continent
Stwosz Icefall
Stwosz Icefall is an icefall at the outlet of Krakow Dome at the head of Legru Bay on King George Island, Antarctica. It was named by the 1980 Polish Antarctic Expedition after artist Wit Stwosz (c.1445–1533), who carved the wooden altarpiece in Mariacki Church in Kraków between 1477–87.
on the continent he became a well-respected member of the team (Huxley 1978), eventually having four features named after him: an inlet, a glacier, an icefall and a lévé.
On his return he married his fiancée, the New Zealander Sybil Devenish-Meares of Christchurch: they had two daughters and a son.
Later life.
From 1906 to 1912 and again between 1916 and 1918, Skelton served in the submarine service. He hoped to be Scott's second-in-command for