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10th Ernest Shackleton Autumn School
Last Updated: 22 July 2010 - 9:27 am
Over the coming weeks full details of the 2010 Autumn School will be made available. The following lectures have been confirmed
"The Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition" by Dr T.H. Baughman
"Lieutenant Nobu Shirase and the Japanese Antarctic Expedition, 1910-1912" by Chet Ross
"'Uncovering the story of Scott's Other Expedition' " by Meredith Hooper
"The SS Terra Nova (1884-1943) and other Polar Exploration Ships of the Heroic Age" by Mike Tarver
" Life inside drifting Antarctic pack ice" by Professor David Thomas
Shirase Book Launch for Athy
Last Updated: 20 July 2010 - 1:06 pm
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This October the school will be hosting the launch of Chet Ross' new book - 'Lieutenant Nobu Shirase and the Japanese Antarctic Expedition of 1910-1912' - A Bibliography'
This unique publication bring together for the first time a detailed bibliographical record of publications concerning the expedition many never know of outside of Japan. This work is further complemented by details of the expedition and the life of its leader Nobu Shirase.
While Shirase and his expedition have long been recognised in Japan their work has received little or no study anywhere else until Chet's study.
Attendees at the school will also have the opportunity to hear Chet give a lecture on the expedition over the weekend
10th ERNEST SHACKLETON AUTUMN SCHOOL
Last Updated: 17 June 2010 - 10:18 am
2010 MARKS THE 10TH YEAR OF THE AUTUMN SCHOOL. PLANS FOR THE SCHOOL ARE WELL ADVANCED AND PRELIMINARY DETAILS OF THE SCHOOL WILL BE AVAILABLE ON THE SITE BY THE END OF JUNE. THE SCHOOL WILL BE HELD OVER THE WEEKEND OF THE 22ND -25TH OCTOBER 2010
RARE POLAR CINEMATOGRAPHY COMES TO ATHY
Last Updated: 4 September 2009 - 4:22 pm
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
Last Updated: 11 August 2009 - 4:32 pm
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
Last Updated: 11 August 2009 - 11:21 am
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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
Last Updated: 11 August 2009 - 11:20 am
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