Edward William Bingham

Edward William Bingham was born on 2 January 1901 at Dungannon, County Tyrone. He studied medicine at Trinity College, Dublin, graduating in 1926, and was commissioned in the Royal Navy. Shortly afterwards, he volunteered as medical officer for the British Arctic Air Route Expedition, 1930-1931 (leader Henry George Watkins), participating in sledging journeys to survey and chart parts of the east coast of Greenland. In 1932, Bingham was appointed to HMS Challenger, a ship conducting Hydrographic surveys off the coast of Labrador, where he over-wintered and became more familiar with dog driving.

As medical officer on the British Graham Land Expedition, 1934-1937 (leader John Rymill), Bingham participated in a major sledging journey across Graham Land with Rymill, finally confirming Graham Land to be a peninsula rather than an archipelago as suggested by the aviators Sir Hubert Wilkins and Lincoln Ellsworth.

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