Ernest Shackleton

The Autumn School committee is pleased to announce the final lecture list for the 2011 school.

 

'Did Shackleton care about Science?'

Dr Edward J Larson, Professor of American History, University of Georgia

 

'Roald Amundsen's expedition to the South Pole - as seen through his lantern slides and the crew members personal diaries'

Geir O. Kløver,Director of the Fram Museum

 

'The Cinematic Race to the Poles'

Jan Anders Diesen, Professor of Film & Television Studies, University of Lillehammer

''Murder on Shackleton's Nimrod:Writing Antarctic Fiction"

Dr Beau Riffenburgh & Dr Liz Cruwys, Polar Historians & Authors

'Notes from a Shackleton Scholar : Heritage Tourism in the South Atlantic'

Emma Jane McAdam, Curator, University of St Andrews -

 

'The Lost Photographs of Captain Scott'

Dr David Wilson, Polar Historian

 

The full programme for the school will be announced shortly.