George Edward Marston was an English artist who twice accompanied Sir Ernest Shackleton on expeditions to Antarctic, first from 1907–09 on the Nimrod expedition, and then later from 1914–17 on the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, which ended with the crew being marooned on Elephant Island.
George Marston was born in Southsea (Portsmouth, England). He studied art at Regent Street Polytechnic (now the University of Westminster).
During the Nimrod expedition, George helped to print the book Aurora Australis whilst stationed on Antarctica during the winter, contributing sketching and lithographs.
George was one of the first members to sign up for this expedition, and one of the few to have worked alongside Shackleton before. While marooned on Elephant Island, some of Marston's oil paints were used to caulk the boat used by Shackleton to reach South Georgia.
Some watercolours and oil paintings by Marston of the expedition (many painted on return from sketches) are held at the Scott Polar Research Institute.
Marston is buried in the cemetery of St Bartholomew's at East Lyng, Somerset, England.

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