August 18, 2019
Stephen Martin, historian and explorer of Antarctica, has written:
‘The silences are a leitmotif, a characteristic of the environment that is a reminder of people’s unease and unfamiliarity in Antarctica.…
August 5, 2019
June 10, 2019
JUNE, 1916: THE UNCERTAIN BEGINNING OF THE INSTITUTIO DE PESCA NO. 1 RESUCE ATTEMPT
Following the failure of Southern Sky to reach Elephant Island, Shackleton turned to the governments of South America for assistance…
June 3, 2019
Place: Port Stanley, Falkland Islands, early-June, 1916
Following the unsuccessful attempt to return to Elephant Island aboard Southern Sky, Shackleton arrived at Port Stanley, Falkland Islands, on 31 May, 1916.…
April 16, 2019
ON THIS DATE IN 1945: DEATH OF RICKINSON
Lewis Raphael Rickinson died in a Naval Nursing Home, 16 April, 1945, following lung cancer illness.
Born in Lewisham, south-east London, Lewis was born into a family with strong…
January 1, 2019
1900: BORCHGREVINK & CO. AT CAPE ADARE
1902: WITH ‘DISCOVERY’ NEARING THE ANTARCTIC CIRCLE
1903: WITH SCOTT ON THE POLAR TREK
1908: ‘NIMROD’ LEFT LYTTELTON, NZ
1909: IN THE ICE WITH THE ‘POURQUI PAS’…
December 21, 2018
Below you will find a link to my written piece concerning the departure of Captain Scott’s ship, Discovery, from the harbour at Lyttelton, Nez Zealand in December, 1901. Just click the title below to be taken…
November 4, 2018
Following Shackleton’s British Antarctic Expedition of 1907-1909, the Nimrod arrived at Lyttelton, New Zealand, on 25 March, 1909, having left that port on 1 January, 1908. On 7 April, 1909, Shackleton gave…
July 5, 2018
I was in and about the city of Dublin on Saturday, 16 June. It was upon that date in 1904 that James Joyce set his novel, Ulysses. For many years, that date has been celebrated as Bloomsday, named after Mr Leopold Bloom, a …
June 25, 2018
June, 1907, was a busy month for Ernest Shackleton. He was effectively trying to pull together funding, resources, supplies, equipment and a ship for an expedition to the Antarctic. Many factors were working against…