Entries by Gérald Morales
It’s almost time to decide on the shackleton award …
The purpose of The Shackleton Award is to honour outstanding expedition achievements and to inspire today’s explorers to new expeditions into unknown territories or conditions. The award will be given annually to an expedition found to be ‘real and novel, un-motorized and within polar areas or conditions’. You have until 15th JANUARY 2017 to make your nomination. […]
Film premiere of South 2015: an Antarctic voyage to remember
1900 Wednesday 14 June 2017 Royal Geographical Society, Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AR £14 A spectacular and moving film about the work done to commemorate Britons who lost their lives in British Antarctic Territory gets its first showing at a special event introduced by Polar explorer, Felicity Aston MBE. The British Antarctic Monument Trust created […]
South Georgia Association
New and future science Saturday 10 November at the Aurora Cambridge A chance to discover more about the groundbreaking scientific research being done in South Georgia and the surrounding seas. This full day event will consist of presentations by scientists who are currently actively involved in the area, and will be of particular interest to […]
An enduring story… from every point of view
News of another take on the famous Endurance Expedition, this time on stage in Germany. Author and director Christoph Busche looks at the well-known story from ship’s carpenter McNish’s perspective in a production that has its world premier in Kiel on 27 January 2018. For more information on this production, entitled Verloren im Packeis, please see here
Coming up soon…
Sale of Shackleton-related books 10 January 2019 A private library of Polar exploration, assembled over many years by Roger Casson, is coming up for auction in Yorkshire on 10 January 2019 (viewing on 9 January). Tennants of Leyburn, an eminent auction house in the North, have a unique collection which is attracting huge attention […]
BBC 2 are currently running a series
BBC 2 are currently running a series entitled Icons, featuring national icons. On Wednesday 9 January, the theme is famous explorers and naturally Sir Ernest is in the running. The Grand Final will involve a vote for viewers to select their preferred icon. Full details via BBC.co.uk
Julian Dowdeswell of SPRI
Julian Dowdeswell of SPRI is heading up a team of scientists on board SA Agulhas II currently en route for the Weddell Sea. One of the most ambitious Polar expeditions in recent years, the scientists will try to discover why a trillion-tonne iceberg the size of Northumberland broke off the ice shelf and floated 28 miles (45km) last […]
Scholarly Article: Worsley’s Navigational Logbook aboard the James Caird
The Navigational Logbook of Frank Worsley, one he kept whilst navigating the James Caird from Elephant Island to South Georgia is now available via this link: https://www.canterburymuseum.com/research/records-of-the-canterbury-museum/records-of-the-canterbury-museum/ The logbook was discovered at the Canterbury Museum, but instead of a heroic read, it took nearly a decade to decipher and prove each character. Cmdr Worsley utilized a form of celestial […]