Monthly Archives: June 2014

Janet Stancomb-Wills

Miss Janet Stancomb-Wills, town councillor, philanthropist, suffragette, and major donor to the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition.

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The money

“As a result, or otherwise, Shackleton extracted from Dudley Docker, of the BSA company in Birmingham, a gift of £10,000 to pay for Endurance. Lord Iveagh, once more, guaranteed a loan, this time for £5,000. Finally, an Australian banker living … Continue reading

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Polar bear

Isbjørn (The Polar Bear) in Fram over Polhavet (Out over the Arctic Ocean), book and illustrations by Fridtjof Nansen

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Reply paid 100 words

“Would greatly value favourable opinion from you on my plans for publication at once in private circular I am sending out, reply paid 100 words.” — Ernest Shackleton to Fridtjof Nansen “The crossing I consider most important, and an Expedition … Continue reading

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James Caird

“I have pleasure in giving you my cheque for £24,000 without any conditions in the hope that others may make their gifts for this Imperial journey also free of all conditions.” — Sir James Caird, 17 June 1914 More about … Continue reading

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That’s Frankie or Frank or Mr. Wild to you

“Frank Wild was a placid little man whom nothing ever upset… we always called him Frankie, or Frank, nobody ever called him anything else, the lower deck always called him Mr. Wild. They were never required to but they did … Continue reading

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Frank Wild

“The top post as second-in-command went to Frank Wild, a very small but powerfully built man whose thin, mousy hair was rapidly disappearing altogether. Wild was a soft-spoken and easy-going individual on the surface, but he had a kind of … Continue reading

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