Her følger korte biografier over mannskapet på båten Southern Cross.

Hans Hansen: Second Mate. Hansen was born in 1877 and was an experienced hunter and ice navigator.
Hans Ulis: CarpenterJohannes Christian Olsen: First Engineer. Olsen held a First-Class certificate and was an experienced engineer and boiler maker. At the time of his appointment to the Southern Cross he was a professional engineer at Jensen and Dahl’s ship building yard at Fredrikstad Norway.
Julius Johanesen: Second Engineer. At the time of Johanesen’s appointment to the Southern Cross he too was working at Jensen and Dahl’s ship building yard at Fredrikstad Norway.