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Shackleton is a Twitter novel by artist Peggy Nelson— follow along at @EShackleton. This blog is the media companion to the novel.From @EShackleton:
- Incredible to see her again... after all this time... #Endurance twitter.com/BBCAmos/status… 1 year ago
- the climate scientist who introduced us to Shackleton. RIP Jim McCarthy, a great man and a dear friend. 🌎… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 3 years ago
- RT @otolythe: my talk about @EShackleton on @twitter at 3rd South Pole-sium, Oslo, May 2017 vimeo.com/219838961 #Shackleton #storytelli… 5 years ago
- TO everyone who has followed this adventure for the past 5 years, thank you!! I hope you've enjoyed it as much as I have. — @otolythe ^_^ 6 years ago
- Resources used to create this account: selected books, films, websites, & reenactments: eshackleton.com/resources 6 years ago
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Elephant Island Tunes
“My name is Franky Wild-o and my hut’s on Elephant Isle. The wall’s without a single brick and the roof’s without a tile. Yet, nevertheless, you must confess by many and many a mile, It’s the most palatial dwelling place … Continue reading
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Trials of Greely
“…we may have to undergo the trials of Greely.” — Alexander Macklin The Greely Expedition, from the American Experience series on PBS: full documentary. From the PBS website: “In 1881, 25 men led by Adolphus Greely set sail from Newfoundland … Continue reading
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Leopard Seal – National Geographic
National Geographic photographer Paul Nicklen meets a leopard seal.
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Ratcliffe Highway (2)
Ratcliffe Highway performed by The Dubliners
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Franklin and the Fox
Search for the Northwest Passage, a Discovery Channel documentary
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“She’s going, boys.”
Break-up of the Endurance: Frank Hurley’s 1915 footage, plus new animation. Directed by Sarah Galloway for @AMNH “Hurley meanwhile had rigged his kinematograph-camera and was getting pictures of the Endurance in her death-throes. While he was engaged thus, the ice, … Continue reading
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Endurance in her death-throes
Break-up of the Endurance: Frank Hurley’s 1915 footage, plus new animation. Directed by Sarah Galloway for @AMNH “Hurley meanwhile had rigged his kinematograph-camera and was getting pictures of the Endurance in her death-throes. While he was engaged thus, the ice, … Continue reading
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An Emperor’s Lament
[The cries of an Emperor, 2011, by Kris] “A strange occurrence was the sudden appearance of 8 Emperors… at the instant the heavy pressure came upon the ship. They walked a little way towards the ship then halted & after … Continue reading
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The Wearing o’ the Green
The Wearing o’ the Green.
One-step on the ice
[29 April 1915: Testing the motor sledge on the ice again. During one of the breakdowns of the motor, Worsley and Shackleton danced a one-step, while one of the crew whistled ‘The Policeman’s Holiday.’] “It was most amusing and not … Continue reading
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