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{PDF EPUB} Antarctic Adventure One Scientist's Research Expedition to the Southern Continent by Elizabeth Saito Ernest Shackleton Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} Antarctic Adventure One Scientist's Research Expedition to the Southern Continent by Elizabeth Saito Ernest Shackleton. Our editors will review what you’ve submitted and determine whether to revise the article. Ernest Shackleton , in full Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton , (born February 15, 1874, Kilkea, County Kildare, Ireland—died January 5, 1922, Grytviken, South Georgia), Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer who attempted to reach the South Pole. Who was Ernest Shackleton? Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton was an Anglo-Irish explorer of Antarctica who attempted to reach the South Pole. Where did Ernest Shackleton attend school? Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton attended Dulwich College from 1887 until 1890. What is Ernest Shackleton best known for? Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton is best known as a polar explorer who was associated with four expeditions exploring Antarctica, particularly the Trans-Antarctic ( Endurance ) Expedition (1914–16) that he led, which, although unsuccessful, became famous as a tale of remarkable perseverance and survival. Where was Ernest Shackleton buried? Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton was buried on the island of South Georgia in the South Atlantic Ocean. Educated at Dulwich College (1887–90), Shackleton entered the mercantile marine service in 1890 and became a sublieutenant in the Royal Naval Reserve in 1901. He joined Capt. Robert Falcon Scott’s British National Antarctic ( Discovery ) Expedition (1901–04) as third lieutenant and took part, with Scott and Edward Wilson, in the sledge journey over the Ross Ice Shelf when latitude 82°16′33″ S was reached. His health suffered, and he was removed from duty and sent home on the supply ship Morning in March 1903. Antarctic Adventure: One Scientist's Research Expedition to the Southern Continent by Elizabeth Saito. Included here are notices of lectures, conferences and other gatherings or events of Antarctic interest that appeared in 2013 and 2014 in 'Antarctic Events' but are now history. Last updated: 4 December 2014. INDEX OF EVENTS (Most recent first) : Friday, 7 November 2014 , 5:30pm (AGM), followed at 6pm by a talk by Kelly Tyler-Lewis author of The Lost Men , followed by Dinner, Great Hall. Dulwich College, London. Friday-Monday, 24-27 October 2014 , Athy, Co. Kildare, Ireland. Exhibition: To be determined. Film: To be determined. 27 September to 12 October 2014 Christchurch, New Zealand. "Each of the three weekends of the festival will focus on a different aspect of Antarctica—Industry and International Relations (including the Antarctic Season Opening celebrations), Adventure and Heritage and Art and Culture. Integral to Antarctica and the Southern Ocean, the Science and Environment programme will run right through the festival." 7 & 8 August 2014 , Duke of Cornwall Hotel, Plymouth (where Shackleton stayed before departing on Endurance ) (http://www.thedukeofcornwall.co.uk). Centenary Dinner to commemorate the departure of the Endurance from Plymouth. Other activities are planned—lectures (by Michael Smith, Bob Burton, Wilson McOrist and Seb Coulthard), plays, films and a plaque unveiling on Millbay Dock. This event is supported by the James Caird Society and the Antarctic 100 group More information will be forthcoming from Paul Davies and the Devon & Cornwall Polar Society. Click here for the Final Programme. A recently received e-mail: —Thanks to the UKAHT. 29 June - 3 July, 2014 , co-hosted by the Scott Polar Research Institute (SPRI) and the British Antarctic Survey (BAS). Information as it develops at http://arcticcentre.ulapland.fi/polarweb/plc/evnt.asp. Monday, 16 June 2014 , 7:30pm onwards, Waterstone's, Trafalgar Square, London. Stephen Haddelsey and Alan Carroll will talk about their new book Operation Tabarin: Britain's Secret Wartime Expedition to Antarctica, 1944-46 . The event is open to all and is free. There will be a slide show and talk by the authors, followed by book signings. Wednesday, 11 June 2014 , 6pm, Cardiff Story Museum, The Old Library, The Hayes, Cardiff, £5 (£3.50 students) Tea & Welsh Cakes. Tel: 029 2078 8334. Web: www.cardiffstory.com. Leighton Rolley will speak how he found the wreck of Scott's ship off the coast of Greenland. "The Australasian Antarctic Expedition led by Sir Douglas Mawson marked the first Australasian temporary occupation of Antarctica. Mawson's expedition returned to South Australia on 26 February 1914 with great fanfare. Now, one hundred years later, and with several more narratives available, the expedition is being re-examined. This day-long symposium will focus on what has been omitted, forgotten, not well told or distorted. Internationally renowned speakers include controversial historian David Day , author Meredith Hooper (2014 Australian of the Year in the UK), explorer Professor Chris Turney (recently returned to Australia from the 2013-2014 Australasian Antarctic Expedition), academic Elle Leane and environmental scientist Pat Quilty , along with descendants of expeditioners Sir Douglas Mawson and Cecil Thomas Madigan. Themes covered will include Aurora, Macquarie Island, science, main base, the recently published diaries of Mawson's Adelaide University colleague Cecil Madigan, and the scientific and cultural legacies of this historic journey. The symposium will be opened by His Excellency Rear Admiral Kevin Scarce , Governor of South Australia. Sessions will run all day with breaks for lunch as well as morning and afternoon tea, and followed by a cocktail reception to toast the centenary of the expedition's return." Date: Wednesday 26 February 2014 Time: 9am–6pm Venue: Mawson Laboratories, North Terrace Campus, The University of Adelaide Price: $125 Adults, $75 students/concession. Enquiries: Mr Peter Burdon (08) 8313 4002. (9 February 2014) "It [the exhibit] is currently in Genoa, Italy. Then it goes to Victoria, BC (opening 17 May 2013) and then on to France (Lyon, 2014)." It was at the National Geographic Society, Washington, D.C. from 25 May to 21 August 2011. "This exhibit, produced and first exhibited by the American Museum of Natural History in New York, tells the story of the competing South Pole expeditions of Roald Amundsen and Robert Scott, explaining in detail why Amundsen made it and Scott did not." [Well, actually he did; he just didn't make it back!] — News of Norway , Spring 2011. A more extensive review of the exhibit when it was in New York may be found at http://www.antarctic-circle.org/eventspast5.htm#27. Friday, 9 May 2014 , 6pm, Great Hall, Dulwich College, London. Arthur Ainsberg, "Leadership Lessons from Antarctica—Survival at the Bottom of the World." Selections from the stellar collection of Jay I. Kislak are on exhibit at the Osher Map Library from September 24th 2013 to February 27th 2014. The Osher Library is part of the University of Southern Maine in Portland. The Osher Map Library is pleased to present To the Ends of the Earth . and Back: Selections from the Jay I. Kislak Polar Collection, an exhibition curated by Arthur Dunkleman, Director of the Jay I. Kislak Foundation, Miami Lakes, Florida. The exhibition offers a historical overview of polar exploration and the ongoing process of globalization as depicted in maps, charts, books, and artifacts from the Kislak Polar Collection. It begins with the Greek and Roman concepts of the "frigid zones," as the polar regions were first named, continues with the Renaissance idea of terra australis [the supposed southern continent] and the often fatal search for the Northeast and Northwest passages from Europe to Asia, and ends with the ultimate challenge: to reach the South Pole, the end of the earth. The exhibition includes over eighty objects that span five centuries. They document not only Western expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctic but also the impact of those expeditions on popular culture and globalization. Jay I. Kislak, a prominent collector of maps, assembled the Kislak Polar Collection over many years, collecting rare books, manuscripts and other artifacts related to world exploration and especially the New World and the polar regions. Kislak and his wife, Jean, residents of Maine and Florida, are lifelong connoisseurs and supporters of the arts. The Jay I. Kislak Foundation was established in 1984 to foster greater understanding of the cultures and history of the Americas. In 2004, the foundation donated more than 3,000 rare books, maps, manuscripts and artifacts related to the Early Americas to the Library of Congress in Washington D.C. The Jay I. Kislak Collection is the core of Exploring the Early Americas, an ongoing exhibition in the historic Thomas Jefferson Building at the Library of Congress and is integral to the library's program of research, education, and public activity. During the past decade the foundation has focused on the early history of navigation, exploration and discovery, with particular emphasis on the polar regions. Selected highlights of the Kislak Polar Collection are on display in this exhibition. Link to University of Southern Maine, the Osher Library. You can see and hear an interview with Arthur Dunkleman, Director of the Jay I. Kislak Foundation at http://ctn5.org/shows/member- highlights/member-highlight-oshter-maps-arctic-exploration-6779. "The Australasian Antarctic Expedition led by Sir Douglas Mawson marked the first Australasian temporary occupation of Antarctica. Mawson's expedition returned to South Australia on 26 February 1914 with great fanfare. Now, one hundred years later, and with several more narratives available, the expedition is being re-examined.
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