Shackleton's 1914-16 expedition to the Weddell Sea (the one where his ship "Endurance" was swallowed by the ice) had a member, named Hussey, who was the official Meteorologist. He also had a banjo and entertained the rest of the troops with same through some of the darkest days and nights. This is of great interest to me as I was a meteorologist (now retired, but still with a keen interest in things Antarctic) and play tenor banjo and am learning 5-string.

Harry Robertson, Scottish seaman who settled in Australia, wrote a lot of songs about whaling and such. Not a nice subject today perhaps, though the songs are great. Many of them feature Antarctic subject material. These include "The Wee Pot Stove", "Antarctic Fleet", "Blubber Laddie", to name a few. Some are on Harry's re-released album - I think it's called "Whale Chasing Men", but can't put my hand on my copy just at the moment.