Previous “Nimrod” Journals ARTICLES NIMROD G. A. McLEAN BUCKLEY An Appreciation of Ernest H. Shackleton by one who has sailed with him JASON ANTHONY 8, October 2014 The Journal of the Ernest Shackleton Autumn School Volume Hoosh: Stories of Antarctic Cuisine KLAUS DODDS Geopolitics in the Freezer: Current and Future Challenges Facing Antarctic MARIA PIA CASARINI The Franklin Expedition: Did they try to Sail Home? PETER WADHAMS Sea Ice and Shackleton’s Expeditions ROBERT K. HEADLAND Evaluation and Protection of Antarctic Heritage Sites on South Georgia SHANE McCORRISTINE Polar Otherworlds: Dreams and Ghosts in Arctic Exploration JOAN BOOTHE They Also Served: A Introductory Look at the Hundreds of Men of the Heroic Age Behind the Famous Names ROBERT K. HEADLAND Additional Antarctic Place Names with Irish Origins JIM McADAM Shackleton Centenary Event in Plymouth BOOK REVIEWS Shackleton: By Endurance We Conquer 1912: The Year the World Discovered Antarctica Recent Notable Antarctic Publications The Ernest Shackleton Autumn School Athy Heritage Centre-Museum, Athy, County Kildare Volume 8, October 2014 ISSN 2009-0366 The Ernest Shackleton Autumn School 30/09/2014 09:37:33 30/09/2014 1 Poster.indd School Autumn Athy Heritage Centre-MuseAutumnum School, A Poster.inddthy, C 1 o. Kildare 30/09/2014 09:37:33 ISSN 2009-0366 “Nimrod” - Journal editions for sale SHACKLETON MUSEUM - ATHY PRESENTS Virtually Shackleton is a project of the Shackleton Museum Athy. VIRTUALLY Shackleton Museum Athy, and Tourist Information Point, Town Hall, Emily Square, Athy, Co. Kildare. st Tel: 059 - 8633075. 31 Oct 2020 Email: [email protected] Web: www.shackletonmuseum.com shackletonmuseum.com Kildare County Council dataprint.ie sponsored by Saturday 31st October, 2020 15:15 – 15:45 “The use of ponies in Antarctica: Was it a silly idea?” A lecture by Antarctic historian Bob Burton. Time (GMT) “Item” Details 10:30 – 10:35 Opening of Virtually Shackleton 2020 from the 16:00 – 16:20 “Stream it like you mean it, the background to Shackleton Museum, Athy, Co. Kildare, Ireland. the making of the successful podcast ‘What would Shackleton do?’”. Interview with Dr Juliana Adelman, 10:35 – 11:20 “First appearances – the conservation of Ernest Dublin City University and John Carty (actor). Shackleton’s Quest cabin”. Sven Habermann, (visit www.shackletonmuseum.com/audio-visual/ for podcast). Conservation Letterfrack. 16:30 – 16:55 “The Great Escape. Jim McAdam’s account of exiting the 11:30 – 11:55 “Inuit, Irish and Norse: the earliest explorers of the North Falklands and southern Patagonia just as lockdown hit”. Atlantic”. Prof. Aidan O’Sullivan, University College Dr Jim McAdam, Shackleton Museum, Athy, & Queens Dublin. University, Belfast. 12:05 – 12:30 “Pauline Garavan speaks about her Endurance art piece”. 17:05 – 17:25 “Falkland Islands calling - Presentation on Shackleton, Artist, Pauline Garavan. the Falkland Islands and its museum connection with the Shackleton Museum”. Falklands Museum staff & Shackleton Museum. 12:40 – 13:05 “Norwegian Wood – Guided tour of Fram followed by Q&A”. Geir Kløver, Director, The Fram Museum, Oslo, Norway. 17:25 Close of Virtually Shackleton 2020. 1.10 - 2:00 ICEBREAKER session will run during lunchtime streaming 17:30 – 18:00 Zoom session continues in O’Briens. videos connected with the work of the Shackleton Autumn School. 20:00 – 21:05 Shackleton’s Endurance: online streaming of the 1) David Butler on illustrating the ‘James Caird’ voyage premiere performance from Carlow, Ireland, October 2) South Georgia by kayak, 2019. 2014 (narration, music, visuals). 14:00 – 14:25 “The Boss in Bronze: sculptor Mark Richards on his work and creating the Athy Shackleton statue”. Sculptor Mark Richards in conversation with Kildare County Council Arts Officer, Lucina Russell. The Chill Out room will be open all day, 14:35 – 15:05 “Trick or Treaty: Ireland and the Antarctic Treaty, a discussion”. Minister of State, Malcolm Noonan in with a special ‘virtual pint’ in O’Brien’s conversation with Bob Headland, Scott Polar Research at 17:30. Institute, Cambridge, UK..