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The programme...

10.00am - Announcements 

  • Stephen Scott-Fawcett

10.00am - Seamus Taaffe (Shackleton Museum, Athy)

  • Shackleton, the Irish perspective.  

10.30am - Caitlin Brandon

  • The Shoemaker’s Child: Alexander Macklin and the shaping of Shackleton’s expedition narratives.     

11.00am - tea and coffee 

Chair: Clare Warrior (Senior Curator National Maritime Museum)

11.30am - Prof. Julian Dowdeswell

  • Reading the seafloor: The signature of past ice sheets

12.00pm - Michael Smith

  • Tom Crean – Unsung hero of Antarctic

12.30pm - Lunch – delegates are requested to be back in time for Emma's presentation

Chair: to be announced

2.00pm - Emma Puranen

  • Before ‘The Boss’: Shackleton on the 1901-1904 British National Antarctic Expedition

2.30pm - Simon Stephens (National Maritime Museum, Hon. Curator of the James Caird)

  • The James Caird (title to be confirmed)

3.30pm - tea and coffee 

Chair: to be announced

4.00pm - Trevor Potts

  • In the wake of Shackleton

4.30pm - 5.30pm - closing session with Open Forum

  • Stephen Scott-Fawcett    

5.30pm - Convention ends

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.

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Venue information

Royal Geographical Society (with IBG), 1 Kensington Gore, London, SW7 2AR

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Key Information

Open to all
19 May 2024, 10.00am-5.30pm
Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)

In-person
Non-member £125.00, Member £125.00
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