Category Archives: Images

The Snuggery

The Dudley Docker and Stancomb Wills overturned for shelter on Elephant Island, 1916.

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RSS Discovery, now preserved

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Signatures

Signatures for Shackleton, Worsley, and Crean may be seen in the column on the right.

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Postcard from Port Stanley

“My good friend the Governor said I could settle down at Port Stanley and take things quietly for a few weeks. The street of this port is about a mile and a half long. It has the slaughter-house at one … Continue reading

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Fancy that ridiculous Shackleton & his South Pole

“Fancy that ridiculous Shackleton & his South Pole — in the crash of the world. “When all the sick & wounded have been tended, when all their impoverished & broken hearted homes have been restored, when every hospital is gorged … Continue reading

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Rough Memory Map

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Ridges, peaks, and nunatuks

“Our path towards the whaling station led round the seaward end of the snouted glacier on the east side of the camp and up a snow slope that appeared to lead to a pass in the great Allardyce Range, which … Continue reading

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A la Peggotty

“Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show.” — David Copperfield [Illustration of Peggotty’s boat/house, from The Personal History, Adventures, Experience … Continue reading

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Our sleeping arrangements

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Cave cove

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