Harry Loyd Ebanks, the youngest of the 7 sons of Ernest and Aditha (nee Bodden) Ebanks, could not resist the beckoning call of the sea like many Caymanian men of his era. He eventually left North Side at the age of 24 to become a lifelong seafarer. Starting his career an ordinary Seaman, he was no stranger to hard work having grown up on the land and living a simple life in the Hut, North Side. Sailing on merchant ships of all sizes and classes he held various positions throughout his 40-year career such as an A.B. Seaman, Deck Maintenance and eventually worked his way up to a Bosun which is the position he held when he eventually retired at the age of 65. During his life at sea, he sailed on tankers, oil carriers and general cargo ships. He was normally out to sea 9 months out of the year and he sailed about 10 years on National Bulk Carrier ships. As a result of that, he had the privilege of sailing around the world 3 times and visiting scores of countries. Visiting every continent on the planet, except Australia, he also has sailed from one extreme pole to another- visiting above the Artic Circle at one of the last commercial sea ports in Norway and going south to the most unique place he visited, the Forbidden Continent of Antarctica, the coldest place on Earth. He said that as a boy he didn't even know such a place existed, but it later it would become the most memorable place he had ever been. It is thought that Mr. Ebanks is one of the first few known Caymanians to visit Antarctica in those days. As the Bosun of the SS Green Wave (image of 'job well done' Green Wave Correspondence attached), he would visit Antarctica for the first time in February 1985 and would travel there for 6 years in a row until he retired in 1991. The Green Wave was under contract by the US Government as a ship that would be sub-chartered to the National Science Foundation to take the supplies to the American scientific research teams that were based at McMurdo, Antarctica. During the Green Wave's stay in port for roughly 10-12 days, this resilient and adventurous Caymanian had the opportunity to trudge in the snowed-out footprints of some of the greatest explorers of Antarctica such as Robert, Scott, Sir Earnest Shackleton, Roald Amundsen, Sir Douglas Mawson and many more. He witnessed the active volcano, Mr. Erebus, and one time he even had the opportunity to see the rising and setting sun all within an hour, for the sun would not be seen there again for the next 6 months. Mr. Ebanks also visited the inside of Capt. Scott's Hut as it was commonly known (picture attached). The Hut was erected by Capt. Scott and his crew with material that was brought from Australia, from 1901 to 1904. This would serve as Scott's outpost station in his quest to get to the 'South Pole.' Mr. Ebanks said, 'I am forever grateful for the opportunity to set foot on the shores of Antarctica, which I visited once a year for 6 years; it is a place that I can only describe as a display of nature in all its ugliness yet beauty in all its perfection.' As a Caymanian who spent the majority of his life at sea by the time he retired and having had such a wide variety of experiences at sea, it is believed that Mr. Ebanks would qualify as someone worthy of being recognized for 'Excelling at Sea'.

Harry Loyd Ebanks, the youngest of the 7 sons of Ernest and Aditha (nee Bodden) Ebanks, could not resist the beckoning call of the sea like many Caymanian men of his era. He eventually left North Side at the age of 24 to become a lifelong seafarer. Starting his career an ordinary Seaman, he was no stranger to hard work having grown up on the land and living a simple life in the Hut, North Side. Sailing on merchant ships of all sizes and classes he held various positions throughout his 40-year career such as an A.B. Seaman, Deck Maintenance and eventually worked his way up to a Bosun which is the position he held when he eventually retired at the age of 65. During his life at sea, he sailed on tankers, oil carriers and general cargo ships. He was normally out to sea 9 months out of the year and he sailed about 10 years on National Bulk Carrier ships. As a result of that, he had the privilege of sailing around the world 3 times and visiting scores of countries. Visiting every continent on the planet, except Australia, he also has sailed from one extreme pole to another- visiting above the Artic Circle at one of the last commercial sea ports in Norway and going south to the most unique place he visited, the Forbidden Continent of Antarctica, the coldest place on Earth. He said that as a boy he didn't even know such a place existed, but it later it would become the most memorable place he had ever been. It is thought that Mr. Ebanks is one of the first few known Caymanians to visit Antarctica in those days. As the Bosun of the SS Green Wave (image of 'job well done' Green Wave Correspondence attached), he would visit Antarctica for the first time in February 1985 and would travel there for 6 years in a row until he retired in 1991. The Green Wave was under contract by the US Government as a ship that would be sub-chartered to the National Science Foundation to take the supplies to the American scientific research teams that were based at McMurdo, Antarctica. During the Green Wave's stay in port for roughly 10-12 days, this resilient and adventurous Caymanian had the opportunity to trudge in the snowed-out footprints of some of the greatest explorers of Antarctica such as Robert, Scott, Sir Earnest Shackleton, Roald Amundsen, Sir Douglas Mawson and many more. He witnessed the active volcano, Mr. Erebus, and one time he even had the opportunity to see the rising and setting sun all within an hour, for the sun would not be seen there again for the next 6 months. Mr. Ebanks also visited the inside of Capt. Scott's Hut as it was commonly known (picture attached). The Hut was erected by Capt. Scott and his crew with material that was brought from Australia, from 1901 to 1904. This would serve as Scott's outpost station in his quest to get to the 'South Pole.' Mr. Ebanks said, 'I am forever grateful for the opportunity to set foot on the shores of Antarctica, which I visited once a year for 6 years; it is a place that I can only describe as a display of nature in all its ugliness yet beauty in all its perfection.' As a Caymanian who spent the majority of his life at sea by the time he retired and having had such a wide variety of experiences at sea, it is believed that Mr. Ebanks would qualify as someone worthy of being recognized for 'Excelling at Sea'.