News: SCHEDULE FOR AUTUMN SCHOOL
Friday 22nd October
7.15pm Opening of Shackleton School and the exhibition 'Last Days of
the Arctic'
7.45pm The launch of Chet Ross's book ‘Lieutenant Nobu Shirase and
the Japanese Antarctic Expedition of 1910-1912' - A Bibliography'.
The book will be launched by his Excellency Toshinao Urabe, Japanese Ambassador to Ireland
8.30pm Shackleton Memorial Lecture by Fintan O'Toole
Saturday 23rd October
10.30am " Last Days of the Arctic" by Ragnar Axelsson
12 noon "The SS Terra Nova (1884-1943) and other Polar Exploration Ships of the Heroic Age" by Mike Tarver
At 1pm the Hon Alexandra Shackleton will unveil a plaque at Athy Town Hall dedicated to her grandfather Sir Ernest Shackleton.
2.30pm "The Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition" by Dr T.H. Baughman
4.00pm "Lieutenant Nobu Shirase and the Japanese Antarctic Expedition, 1910-1912" by Chet Ross
8pm Autumn School Dinner at the Carlton Abbey Hotel
Sunday 24th October
10.30am 'Uncovering the story of Scott's Other Expedition' by Meredith Hooper
12 noon " Life inside drifting Antarctic pack ice" by Professor David Thomas
2.30pm Afternoon Film - Details to be confirmed
4.30pm Open forum chaired by Bob Headland
9 pm Drama/Music 'Where a Single Footprint Lasts a Thousand Years'
This October the school will premiere, in Shackleton country, a performance of music, theatre, poetry and readings relating to Ernest Shackleton and exploration. In association with the Shackleton School, Michael Holohan has devised a unique event, featuring his own signature composition of music-theatre, complemented by poetry and readings. This is a premiere performance in Ireland’s Shackleton country.
Mon 25th October
10.00am Excursion/Field Trip Bus tour through Shackleton country. A visit to Ballitore and the home of Mary Leadbeater, writer and ancestor of Ernest Shackleton, the Quaker Meeting House and the Shaker Store.