# Blackborrow — South! character guide

> Blackborrow in South! by Ernest Shackleton.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Blackborrow, Blackborrow , who could not walk

**First appearance:** 0003-i-into-the-weddell-sea

## Who they are

Stowaway and youngest crew member, suffered severe frostbite.

## In the story

### [VIII: Escape from the Ice](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/south_se/chapters/viii-escape-from-the-ice)

Reported by McIlroy to have very badly frostbitten feet.

### [The Boat Journey](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/south_se/chapters/ix-the-boat-journey)

Suffering from frostbitten feet; doctors consider amputation; left on Elephant Island.

### [XII: Elephant Island](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/south_se/chapters/xii-elephant-island)

Severely frostbitten toes required amputation on the island, performed by surgeons in the hut; later recovered with only a slight limp.

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