Join the Sir Ernest H Shackleton Appreciation Society and the Royal Geographical Society for a gala dinner in the Society's main hall to commemorate the birth of Ernest Shackleton and mark the beginning of the Sir Ernest H Shackleton Appreciation Society’s biannual conference held at this year at the Society.
The dinner will have a guest speaker and represents a chance to socialise with other like-minded Antarctic enthusiasts and exclusively view Johny Midnights outstanding Endurance artworks.
Demand is expected to be high and tickets are limited to 90 for the evening.
Making a booking
There are three individual events available to book. Please note you do not need to book for Friday as this comes as part of the price for Saturday and/or Sunday.
Here are instructions on how to pay for all three events together:
- Select ‘book now’ on one of the events.
- Fill in the booking details.
- Select ‘next’ and you will arrive at your cart.
- Go back to ‘Events’ (top right-hand tab) or follow this link: The Shackleton 150 convention and gala dinner - RGS to book the other conference day and gala dinner if you wish. Your cart will be saved while you do this.
- Once you have added all the events that you require to your cart, you can ‘proceed to checkout’ and pay.
Venue information
Royal Geographical Society (with IBG), 1 Kensington Gore, London, SW7 2AR
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