One on the lifeboats in which Shackleton's crew escaped to Elephant island was named the 'Stancomb Wills'. The Scott Polar Research Institute holds the Janet Stancomb-Wills collection of papers, which comprises correspondence by Dame Janet to or regarding the Antarctic explorer Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton. Popular culture Dame Janet Stancomb-Wills was portrayed by Elizabeth Spriggs in the TV series 'Shackleton'. References External links Dame Janet Primary Academy website Stancomb-Wills Glacier Tongue @ answers.com 1854 births 1932 deaths British philanthropists Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire Members of the Royal West of England Academy People from Ramsgate Women mayors of places in England Place of birth missing Collections of the Scott Polar Research Institute