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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:

  1. Select ‘book now’ on one of the events.
  2. Fill in the booking details.
  3. Select ‘next’ and you will arrive at your cart.
  4. 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.
  5. 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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Key Information

Open to all
18 May 2024, 7.00pm-10.00pm
Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)

In-person
Non-member £130.00, Member £130.00
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