Tag: Ernest Shackleton

Thursday, February 28th 2019 - 08:42 UTC
Birth of Sir Shackleton commemorated by South Georgia with new crown coins

The government and treasury of the South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands issued on 26 February new crown coins that commemorate the birth of the famous explorer, Sir Ernest Shackleton.
Friday, November 9th 2018 - 08:48 UTC
Stamps on centenary of the end of WWI issued by BAT and SG

The British Antarctic Territory and South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands marked the centenary of the end of World War I with new stamps. The issue honors members of Ernest Shackleton’s 1914-16 Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition who served in the war.
Monday, May 30th 2016 - 07:13 UTC
Chilean rescue of Shackleton's crew from Elephant Island marked at British residence

A networking reception was held in the British residence on Wednesday 25 May to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the rescue by the Chilean pilot Luis Pardo, of the Armada de Chile, of Ernest Shackleton’s crew from Elephant Island.
Monday, November 9th 2015 - 08:38 UTC
Major exhibition of the Antarctic legacy of Sir Ernest Shackleton and Frank Hurley at the RGS

A major new exhibition on Shackleton’s Endurance Expedition will open at the Royal Geographical Society (RGS), London, on 21 November, with an off-shoot exhibition coming to South Georgia early in 2016. The exhibitions are inspired by the glass plate negatives taken by Endurance expedition photographer Frank Hurley, according to the latest edition of the South Georgia Newsletter
Thursday, August 13th 2015 - 03:11 UTC
Falkland Islands: Shackleton Fund delivers £10,700 in research scholarships

The Shackleton Scholarship Fund, closely linked to the Falkland Islands, has announced their academic awards for 2015. Scholars come from a variety of countries, ranging from Germany to Australia, and the topics chosen are all from the natural sciences.
Saturday, October 25th 2014 - 10:53 UTC
Trekker technology captures imagery of Shackleton's South Georgia

Trekker technology captures imagery of one of the most rarely-visited places on earth, South Georgia and the Falkland Islands, made famous by Sir Ernest Shackleton, one of the bravest and most remarkable explorers. It offers end users the literal experience of being an explorer by traveling to places where traditional vehicles – or they - cannot go.
Wednesday, August 14th 2013 - 20:21 UTC
Shackleton’s Endurance could still be in good conditions on the Antarctic sea bed

Ernest Shackleton's famous ship, the Endurance, which he had to abandon in 1915 on his ill-fated Antarctic expedition, is probably still in very good condition on the ocean floor. This is one conclusion from research that studied how sunken wood degrades in southern polar waters.
Friday, April 26th 2013 - 22:42 UTC
Shackleton’s centenary scholarship to encourage scientific research in South Atlantic and Antarctica

By Harold Briley - The Falkland Islands, South Georgia or the British Antarctic Territories stand to benefit from an ambitious science research project to commemorate Ernest Shackleton’s 1914 trans-Antarctic expedition.
Tuesday, February 5th 2013 - 01:10 UTC
A repeat of Shackleton’s epic Southern Ocean crossing reaches South Georgia

An expedition replicating Ernest Shackleton's 1916 perilous crossing of the Southern Ocean from Antarctica in a small boat has made landfall after a 12-day journey. Led by renowned adventurer Tim Jarvis, the team of six reached Peggotty Bluff on rugged South Georgia, where they landed their vessel in the same place Shackleton and his men beached the James Caird nearly 100 years ago.
Thursday, January 3rd 2013 - 05:52 UTC
Recreation of Shackleton 1914 survival epic planned for 20 January

Six British and Australian adventurers are setting off to recreate one of the greatest journeys of human survival. In 1914, Ernest Shackleton, the seasoned British explorer, set out to better Scott and Amundsen by attempting the first-ever crossing of the Antarctic.