UK Mega 2021: Lincolnshire
04 Lincolnshire Legends: Arthur Blissett
This a straightforward series which was published for the 2021 UK Mega, held at the nearby Lincolnshire Showground. The series celebrates the many famous people who were either born in, lived in or associated with the glorious county of Lincolnshire!
Arthur Blisset, Polar Explorer
Arthur Harry Blissett (21 January 1878 – c. 14 August 1955), was a Lance Corporal, Royal Marine who joined Captain Robert Falcon Scott on the Discovery expedition to Antactica in 1901–1904. Blissett undertook 30 days of perilous sledging journeys with temperatures plummeting to -62°. Blisset did not rejoin Scott on the fateful return expediation to Antactica in 1910. He married and settled in New Zealand.
Blissett was born in Grantham and was baptised at St John's Evangelist Church in Spittlegate, Grantham.
