Given the question: Facts: - death cause: drowning in the sea - death date: 31 january 1980 1927 - spouse: married - birth date: 1927 - name: john crabbe cunningham - death place: anglesey , holyhead - birth place: scotland Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of john crabbe cunningham .
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john crabbe cunningham -lrb- 1927 -- 31 january 1980 -rrb- was a scottish climber .born in glasgow , he climbed extensively in the scottish mountains , where he pioneered new techniques of ice climbing .for several years , he worked for the british antarctic survey -lrb- bas -rrb- of the british antarctic territory -lrb- bat -rrb- .on 23 november 1964 , he became the first to climb antarctica 's mount jackson .in 1960 -- 61 , he was a member of the falkland islands dependencies survey , serving as station commander at stonington island in 1962 -- 63 .he was a member of the british antarctic survey , and was station commander of adelaide island in 1964 -- 65 .he was also a member of the south georgia survey of 1955 -- 56 .he died after a climbing accident off '' sea-cliffs '' of mountains of holyhead on 31 january 1980 , when was carried away by sea waves to his death as he did not know how to swim .