‘After two years of ‘Virtually Shackleton’ the Shackleton Autumn School is delighted to return to its home at the Shackleton Museum, Athy from 28 – 30th October 2022.
Lectures confirmed to date will include
Shackleton an Introduction – Kevin Kenny
Finding your South Pole – In the Footsteps of Amundsen – Astrid Furholt
Snow Widows: Scott’s Fatal Antarctic Expedition Through the Eyes of the Women they left behind – Katherine MacInnes
Endurance Found – Mensun Bound
Roald Amundsen at 150 – Then and Now – Geir Klover
Letters of the Lost Franklin Expedition – Russell Potter, Regina Koellner, Peter Carney and Mary Williamson
A Life on Thin Ice – Doug Allan
Icebreakers – Weird and Wonderful Tales from the Polar Regions
The full programme of the Autumn School will be released shortly.’
