Category Archives: Other Voices

Roll the Old Chariot

Posted on May 13, 2014 by Ernest Shackleton

“A drop of Nelson’s blood wouldn’t do us any harm…” — David Coffin, 2010 Portsmouth Maritime Folk Festival

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Worsley’s Dream

Posted on May 9, 2014 by Ernest Shackleton

“One night I had an absurd dream. I dreamed that Burlington Street was full of ice blocks and that I was navigating a ship along it. “Next morning I awoke and hurried along to Burlington Street. A sign on a … Continue reading →

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Locksley Hall

Posted on May 6, 2014 by Ernest Shackleton

[…] O, I see the crescent promise of my spirit hath not set. Ancient founts of inspiration well thro’ all my fancy yet. Howsoever these things be, a long farewell to Locksley Hall! Now for me the woods may wither, … Continue reading →

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That name has a fresh ring

Posted on April 29, 2014 by Ernest Shackleton

Ernest Shackleton, Robert Peary and Roald Amundsen in Philadelphia, 1913 [Ed Webster collection/ Hedgehog House] “Sir Ernest Shackleton! That name has a fresh ring. It has only to be mentioned for us to see before us a man glowing with … Continue reading →

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Inside Framheim

Posted on April 28, 2014 by Ernest Shackleton

No snowblindness here. [via At The South Pole by Roald Amundsen in The Earth and Its Peoples, 1913]

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Fascinating and disturbing traits

Posted on April 25, 2014 by Ernest Shackleton

“The one member of the expedition who shows us such inner disturbance is Scott.” “One of the most fascinating and disturbing traits in the British party is their clinging circumspection in such extreme circumstances. This is not to say that … Continue reading →

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For God’s sake look after our people

Posted on April 24, 2014 by Ernest Shackleton

Last page of Robert Falcon Scott’s diary, 29 March 1912. “Title: Last words in Capt. Scott’s journal Description: glass plate negative;Includes typescript of last entry Collection: British Antarctic Expedition 1910-13 (Ponting Collection) Summary text: Photograph of last entry (variation made … Continue reading →

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Scott’s final resting place

Posted on April 24, 2014 by Ernest Shackleton

“After discovering the frozen bodies of Scott, Edward Wilson and Henry Bowers, Cherry-Garrard wrote: ‘We have found them – to say it has been a ghastly day cannot express it – it is too bad for words.’” Read more about … Continue reading →

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The worst journey in the world

Posted on April 24, 2014 by Ernest Shackleton

“Scott was found frozen to death with several men south of the 1 Ton Supply depot in a tent, marked Tent, on the map.” Map by Apsley Cherry-Garrard, The Worst Journey in the World: Antarctic 1910 – 1913, Vol. II, … Continue reading →

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Great God! This is an awful place.

Posted on April 24, 2014 by Ernest Shackleton

“Great God! This is an awful place.” — Scott’s diaries Robert Falcon Scott and his men at the South Pole, in front of Amundsen’s “Polheim.” Left to right: Scott, Bowers, Wilson, and P. O. Evans, 18 January 1912. Photo: Lawrence … Continue reading →

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