Shackleton Museum: News

SHACKLETON AT THE NATIONAL CONCERT HALL

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:53:00

Nearest the South Pole

14 December 2009 08:30 PM KEVIN BARRY ROOM

Featuring Jonathan Shackleton, Michael Holohan, Donal O'Kelly, Simon O'Dwyer, Peter Sirr and Joe Woods

A Multi-Media event commemorating ' Nearest the South Pole' a lecture by Sir Ernest Shackleton based on The Nimrod South Pole Expedition given in the University Buildings (now The National Concert Hall) , Earlsfort Terrace on December 14th 1909.

This commemorative evening will include Jonathan Shackleton's presentation about the Antarctic, rare recording of Ernest Shackleton's own voice, readings from the archives of the 1909 Irish Times, Poetry by Derek Mahon, Bill Manhire, T.S. Elliot, Claire Benyon, Peter Sirr and Leland Bardwell read by Peter Sirr and Joe Woods and a new work by Michael Holohan, ' Where a single footprint lasts a thousand years' - a piece of music-theatre performed by Donal O' Kelly, Simon O 'Dwyer and Michael Holohan.

FOR FURTHER DETAILS GO TO WWW.NCH.IE

Shackleton Autumn School 2009 - Brochure PDF

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:18:00

The Shackleton Autumn School 2009 Brochure PDF is now available to download, please click here to download.

RARE POLAR CINEMATOGRAPHY COMES TO ATHY

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 16:22:00

The school is pleased to announce that this year the film event will be hosted by Dr Huw Lewis-Jones, Curator of Art at the Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge and Dr Russell Potter, Professor of English at Rhode Island College. The title is yet to be finalised but suggestions to date have included - "Icebergs, Eskimos and Oddities" or "The Good, the Bad, and the Frozen: Some Early Films from the Wild Wild North". It promise to be rare look at early and unusual Polar Cinematography with contributions from some surprise guests. An event not to be missed and unlikely to be repeated!

The title now confirmed is

“Presumed Lost”: Some Early Polar Films (1901-1950)”

SHACKLETON AUTUMN SCHOOL 2009

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:32:00

The committee of the Shackleton Autumn School are close to finalising the programme for the 2009 school

The following lectures have been confirmed

Caroline Casey - Will deliver the Shackleton Memorial Lecture on the Friday night.

For her details see www.kanchi.org

Michael Rosove - ' The Great Books of Shackletonia'

Hans Kjell-Larsen - 'Captain C.A.Larsen - Antarctic Pioneer'

Dr David Wilson - 'Nimrod Illustrated: Pictures from Lieutenant Shackleton's British Antarctic Expedition'

Lady Marie Herbert - 'The Way of the Explorer'

Prof Andrew Lambert - 'The Gates of Hell: the Franklin expedition, science and cannibalism'

Dr Russell Potter - "Those wrecked or stranded ships": Unresolved aspects of the Franklin Expedition"

NEW SHACKLETON BOOK TO BE LAUNCHED IN ATHY

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 11:21:00

The Autumn School is pleased to announce, in conjunction with the Erskine Press, the launch of Regina W Dalys new book 'THE SHACKLETON LETTERS - BEHIND THE SCENES OF THE NIMROD EXPEDITION' in Athy on the 23rd October.

Regina has brought together some 165 letters about the expedition which gives a unique perspective on the planning of the 1907-1909 British Antarctic Expedition. It features Shackleton's correspondence with many of the major polar figures of the day including Captain Scott, Dr Edward Wilson and Clement Markham.

EXHIBITION TO MARK THE CENTENARY OF SHACKLETON'S 'NIMROD' EXPEDITION

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 11:20:00

Final arrangements are being made for an exhibition to be held in the Athy Heritage Centre-Museum from October 23rd 2009. Drawn from public and private collections from Ireland and abroad, artifacts from the 1907-09 British Antarctic Expedition will be on show to tell the story of Shackleton's pioneering expedition to the Antarctic.

Items for display will include Shackleton's sledging flag, a sledge, sledge harness and many more eclectic items such as some of the foodstuffs and original supplies recovered from the expedition hut at Cape Royds.

The exhibition will run until the end of November