Levick, G. Murray (George Murray), 1876-

George Murray Levick was born in 1877. He studied medicine at St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, and on qualifying in 1902 joined the Royal Navy, where he became a specialist in physical and recreational training.

He was appointed as Surgeon on the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-1913 (leader Robert Falcon Scott). He served with the Northern Party under Victor Campbell, spending the first year at Cape Adare and the second year exploring and sledging along the Victoria Land coast. The party wintered for seven months in a snow cave on Inexpressible Island without adequate supplies before returning safely to the base at Cape Evans. While at Cape Adare, he studied the behaviour and breeding biology of Adelie penguins, which became the material for a scientific report and popular book on their natural history.

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