A biography of Frank Wild containing Wild's previously unpublished memoirs. During the heroic age of polar exploration, Wild was the only explorer to serve on five expeditions. He accompanied Scott on the British National Antarctic Expedition (Discovery) 1901-1904; Shackleton on the British Antarctic Expedition (Nimrod) 1907-1909, the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (Endurance) 1914-1916 and his final expedition on the Quest (1921-22). Wild also accompnanied Mawson on the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (Aurora) 1911-14. After the end of the First World War, Wild settled in South Africa where he died in 1939 and the author focuses on this period and the story of the search for Wild's medals and his cremated ashes.