Tag: Mensun Bound

• Monday, February 11th 2019 - 09:36 UTC

  Shackleton blog: Agulhas II positioned where the Endurance went down crushed by ice

  

  South African icebreaker Agulhas II, 05.24 hours GMT. Ice Pilot Freddie Ligthelm over ship’s intercom: “Good Morning from the Bridge. This is to say we have reached the Endurance sinking position. Lekker Lekker Lekker [Afrikaans for “Nice, Nice, Nice”]”

• Friday, January 11th 2019 - 08:09 UTC

  Falklander leads Shackleton's “Endurance” search team in Weddell Sea

  

  Following on from Penguin News’ interview last week with Islander Mensun Bound, who was involved in the search for the Argentine submarine Ara San Juan, Mr Bound spoke of his current project, the search for Shackleton’s ship Endurance.

• Friday, January 4th 2019 - 03:18 UTC

  Falkland Islander in expedition to locate Shackleton's stricken “Endurance” in Antarctica

  

  An Antarctic scientific expedition aiming to understand the secrets of a giant iceberg will also attempt to locate Ernest Shackleton’s stricken Endurance in the Weddell Sea, according to reports in The Guardian.

• Friday, January 4th 2019 - 03:06 UTC

  The Falkland Islander that helped search for the Argentine submarine ARA San Juan

  

  Everybody is aware of the recent hunt for the lost Argentine submarine San Juan, but what only a few know is that Falkland maritime archaeologist Mensun Bound was one of the team on board the Seabed Constructor, the ship that conducted the search.

• Sunday, November 1st 2015 - 10:12 UTC

  Falklands' 'Hunt for Germany's lost battleships' DVD scheduled to be ready for Christmas

  

  ‘The hunt for Germany’s lost battleships’ a documentary based on Mensun Bound’s search for the lost fleet from the Battle of the Falklands was shown at a premiere at the British Film Institute, London on October 16.

• Wednesday, October 28th 2015 - 08:15 UTC

  Battle of the Falklands 1914: the search for the lost German battleships

  

  Last December, in a spirit of remembrance and reconciliation, and in the presence of the descendants of the fighting admirals, the Falkland Islands commemorated the 100th anniversary of the Battle of the Falklands, an action that sent six ships to the bottom and claimed well over 2000 lives.

• Wednesday, November 5th 2014 - 06:19 UTC

  Falklands' 1914 German sunken battle ships to be explored by marine archeologist

  

  Historian and renowned Marine Archaeologist, Mensun Bound, has been researching the events surrounding the December 2014 Battle of the Falklands and has secured private funding for a once in a life time expedition.

• Tuesday, January 15th 2013 - 06:43 UTC

  Preparations to mark the 100th anniversary of the Battle of the Falkland Islands

  

  At the invitation of Mensun Bound, some twenty-five people, including three members of the Falklands elected Legislative Council met to consider ways in which the one hundredth anniversary of the Battle of the Falkland Islands should be marked, when it falls on December 8, 2014.