Antarctic Heritage Trust, together with a number of host partners, presents a nationwide lecture tour in 2010:

SHACKLETON: THE GREATEST SURVIVAL STORY EVER TOLD


A rare opportunity to hear Geoff Selley (FRGS) from the UK recreate the original lantern slide lecture of Dr Hussey, a member of Ernest Shackleton’s ill fated 1914 – 17 Antarctic expedition.
The lecture tells the extraordinary story of the expedition—considered one of the greatest survival stories ever told.

Ernest Shackleton was born in Co Kildare and a key explorer with him on this expedition was Tom Crean from Co Kerry.

With their ship crushed by the Antarctic pack ice, Shackleton and five others set out on a 1,300km open boat journey to raise the alarm and ensure the rescue of 22 men.

Presented true to Dr Hussey’s original notes, it will be accompanied by reproductions of the magic-lantern slides taken by the expedition’s photographer Frank Hurley.

As the current custodian of the lecture, Geoff has requested donations be gifted to the Antarctic Heritage Trust’s conservation project to save the base associated with Captain Robert Falcon Scott’s epic 1911 race for the South Pole.

ENTRY BY DONATION: ALL DONATIONS MATCHED 1:1

Auckland Thurs, 11 Feb,7.30pm

Auckland Branch, New Zealand
Antarctic Society in association
with the University of Auckland,
School of Biological Sciences

Owen G Glenn Building, Lecture Theatre 4,
Auckland University, 12 Grafton Road,
Auckland