The Shackleton 150 convention - Saturday

The programme...

9.30am - Welcome and introductory remarks

• Stephen Scott-Fawcett (Chief Administrator of the Sir Ernest H. Shackleton Appreciation Society) 
• Chair:  Jeremy Mitchel (Senior Curator, National Maritime Museum)

9.45am - Geoff Selley

• In his own words and pictures: Hussey’s magic-lantern show 

10.30am - tea and coffee 

11.00am - Kevin Kenny (Shackleton Museum, Athy): 

• Shackleton by numbers

11.30am - Eugene Rae (Royal Geographical Society):

• Join the Royal Geographical Society’s Principal Librarian for a private tour of the Society’s Collections relating to Ernest Shackleton’s expeditions from Discovery to Quest. On display will be some of Shackleton’s personal effects, artefacts from his expeditions along with archival documents and photography including several of the original glass plate negatives exposed by Frank Hurley on the Endurance expedition.
• While the tour of the Society's collection is in progress there will be a display of books on Shackleton and polar exploration in the map room with authors available to sign and discuss their work.  All purchases will be stamped with a picture of Shackleton and the words: 

12.30pm - Lunch – delegates are requested to be back in time for the group photo 

1.50pm - Group photograph outside the Society beneath the statue of Shackleton (if weather is bad, it will be moved to Sunday)

• Chair: Seamus Taaffe (Shackleton Museum, Athy)

2.00pm - Shane Murphy

• Frank Hurley - iconic Endurance images and the stories behind them 

2.30pm - Mensun Bound

• (title to be confirmed)

3.00pm - Anne Strathie

• Frank Hurley and Herbert Ponting: ‘Brother Artists of the Trail’

3.30pm - tea and coffee 

4.15pm - 5.30pm Panel discussion 

• The Boss: His character, achievements, and legacy.
• Chaired by Stephen Scott Fawcett.

5.00pm - Eugene Rae (Royal Geographic Society)

• There will be a second opportunity to join Eugene for a private tour of the Royal Geographical Society’s collection relating to Shackleton.  

17.30 - End of Proceedings

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