November 26, 2019
Bakewell’s birthday!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BAKEWELL!
William Lincoln Bakewell, sailor and explorer, was born in Joliet, Illinois, USA, on 26 November, 1888. Bakewell was signed on to Shackleton’s ‘Endurance’ at Buenos Aires as Able …
October 28, 2019
ON THIS DATE IN 1908: DEPARTURE OF THE ‘NIMROD’ POLAR TEAM
The southern march of Shackleton’s British Antarctic Expedition 1907-1909 (Nimrod expedition) to reach the South Pole began on 29 October, 1908.
Shackleton led the polar team which comprised Jameson Adams, Eric…
September 29, 2019
Armytage’s birthday
Bertram Armytage, carer for the ponies of Shackleton’s Nimrod expedition, was born 29 September, 1869, in Geelong, Victoria, Australia.
Armytage attended Geelong Grammar School as well as Melbourne Grammar School…
September 23, 2019
Links for McNish
Henry ‘Chippy’ McNish died in Wellington, New Zealand, on 24 September, 1930.
To mark the anniversary of his death, I have put together a list of pages, articles and papers related to McNish. Though Shackleton denied…
September 2, 2019
Macklin’s birthday!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MACKLIN!
Colonel Alexander Hepburne Macklin, OBE, MC, TD, Scottish physician and RAMC officer, was born 1 September, 1889, in India. Macklin was surgeon on Shackleton’s Imperial Transcontinental…
August 28, 2019
Robert Forde (revised)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, FORDE!
On 29 August, 1875, Robert Forde, naval officer and Antarctic explorer, was born in Moviddy, near Bandon, Co. Cork. Forde was part of Captain Robert F. Scott’s Terra Nova expedition.
Robert…
August 18, 2019
The Sound of Silence: Hurley in Antarctica
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
Vitus Jonassen Bering
ON THIS DATE IN 1681: BAPTISM OF BERING
Vitus Jonassen Bering, Danish cartographer, naval officer with the Russian Imperial Navy, and explorer, was baptised 5 August, 1681, having been born in Horsens, Denmark. The
…June 10, 2019
THE ‘INSTITUTIO DE PESCA NO. 1’ RESUCE ATTEMPT
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
Shackleton in Port Stanley
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.…