# James Caird — South! character guide

> James Caird in South! by Ernest Shackleton.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the late Sir James Caird, The James Caird, James

**First appearance:** 0011-ix-the-boat-journey

## Who they are

Donor of the lifeboat used in Shackleton's epic rescue journey.

## Relationships

### [Tom Crean](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/south_se/characters/tom_crean)

_friendship_

Caird and Crean were steadfast shipmates, trusting each other implicitly during the epic boat journey to South Georgia.

### [Frank Worsley](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/south_se/characters/frank_worsley)

_professional_

Worsley navigated the James Caird boat with Caird as a crew member, their relationship defined by shared survival and seamanship.

### [Frank Wild](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/south_se/characters/frank_wild)

_friendship_

Wild and Caird were comrades in the lifeboat, bonded by the desperate struggle for survival after the Endurance sank.

## In the story

### [New Land](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/south_se/chapters/ii-new-land)

Mentioned as working with Worsley on the floe with a magnetometer.

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