John Fraser Noel (1942-1966) was an engineer from Cardiff, Wales, who died in Antarctica in 1966.
Noel was a diesel mechanic for the British Antarctic Survey at Stonington Island in 1965–1966. He died in May 1966, in a sledging accident, trying to save his fellow adventurer Thomas J. Allan,[1] near what was subsequently named Tragic Corner off Marguerite Island.[2]
Mount Noel in Antarctica, one of the Traverse Mountains, is named in his memory.
Noel had been a member of a scout group in Llanishen, Cardiff, and there is now a scout hall named after him: Fraser Hall was built for 1st Llanishen scouts.[3]