Grave of 'Chippy' McNish with statue of his cat 'Mrs Chippy'

Interpretation panel for the grave of Chippy McNish

Grave of Thomas Orde-Lees

Today we continued our Shackleton pilgrimage by visiting the graves of Harry 'Chippy' McNish - with its 'Mrs Chippy' statue;, and (after some searching) that of Thomas Orde-Lees. Both members of Shackleton's team on the Endurance and, although neither of them […]

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Close up of the Mrs Chippy sculpture on the tomb of Harry McNeish.

The tomb of Harry McNeish, the carpenter who traveled with Shackleton on his doomed voyage to Antarctica.

A placard that tells the story of Harry McNeish and Mrs Chippy, his cat.

Visited the Mrs Chippy monument at the Karori cemetery this morning.

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Mrs Chippy: “sooo… about that kibble…”

Mrs Chippy playing with a ball, filled with food of course.

Mrs Chippy working his food puzzle.

Mrs Chippy: “I will tolerate you. Now give me more food.”

Message from the cat sitter: “… He seems happy enough, he tolerates me, I am the food person. Every now & then I get a quick cuddle with him 😻”
#MrsChippy