Monthly Archives: March 2014

King Edward VII Land Stamps

Posted on March 12, 2014 by Ernest Shackleton

Date of issue: 1 January 1908. “These stamps were used by the Shackleton Antarctic Expedition of 1908. The 1 penny universal stamp was overprinted ‘King Edward VII Land’ by Coulls, Culling & Co.” – from New Zealand Post website “Lieutenant … Continue reading →

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Merchant of Venice

Posted on March 11, 2014 by Ernest Shackleton

Act III, Scene II. Belmont. A Room in Portia’s House. “So may the outward shows be least themselves: The world is still deceived with ornament… How many cowards, whose hearts are all as false As stairs of sand wear yet … Continue reading →

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The whole place seems so strange

Posted on March 4, 2014 by Ernest Shackleton

“The whole place seems so strange and unlike anything else in the world…when the hazy clouds spring silently from either hand and drift quickly across our zenith not followed by any wind it seems almost uncanny. Then comes a puff … Continue reading →

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Books to read in a south polar blizzard

Posted on March 2, 2014 by Ernest Shackleton

Books taken on the Nimrod Expedition’s polar dash, 1908-09: Shakespeare’s Comedies — Ernest Shackleton The Bible in Spain by George Borrow — Eric Marshall Travels in France by Arthur Young — Reginald Adams Sketches by Boz by Charles Dickens — … Continue reading →

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Polar dash with ponies

Posted on March 1, 2014 by Ernest Shackleton

Shackleton, Adams, Marshall, and Wild, heading south with ponies, Nimrod Expedition, 1908.

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