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Frederick "Frank" Douglas Fletcher was an Australian sailor, mainly known for his time as chief officer of the during the 1911–1914 Australasian Antarctic expedition, under Captain
John King Davis John King Davis (19 February 1884 – 8 May 1967) was an English-born Australian explorer and navigator notable for his work captaining exploration ships in Antarctic waters as well as for establishing meteorological stations on Macquar ...
. Fletcher replaced N. C. Toutcher—who had been chief officer during ''Aurora''s first voyage of the expedition—for the second Antarctic voyage, and the spring and winter sub-Antarctic voyages of 1912 and 1913. In his 1962 book ''High Latitude'', Davis described Fletcher as "a most efficient and conscientious officer and seaman who at first sight might have been taken for the prototype of the perfect 'Bucko', that semi-legendary figure sometimes described as having 'a jaw like a sea boot'." Fletcher left the ''Aurora'' in 1913 to join a coastal shipping company, presumably in New Zealand, where he was discharged. Expedition commander Douglas Mawson named Fletcher Island—near
Commonwealth Bay Commonwealth Bay is an open bay about 48 km (30 mi) wide at the entrance between Point Alden and Cape Gray in Antarctica. It was discovered in 1912 by the Australasian Antarctic Expedition under Douglas Mawson, who established the main ...
—after him.


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