James Marr (biologist)

James William Slessor Marr (9 December 1902 – 30 April 1965) was a Scottish marine biologist and polar explorer.

[1] While studying classics and zoology at the University of Aberdeen, he and Norman Mooney were selected among thousands of Boy Scout volunteers to accompany Sir Ernest Shackleton on the Shackleton–Rowett Expedition in 1921, on board the vessel Quest.

The expedition failed to reach its final objective the Weddell Sea due to Shackleton's death on 5 January 1922.

He took part in the British Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) with Sir Douglas Mawson.

[2] Marr led the overwintering team at Port Lockroy in 1944 but resigned in December due to poor health.