Remembering the crew of Shackleton’s Endurance Expedition 1914-1916. Run by one of the descendants of Bosun John Vincent.
Stafford, England
Joined March 2018
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Brilliant imagery - and just one of the reasons why the Drake is the Drake.
For #EarthDay: A little visualization of surface winds around Antarctica.
#Roaring40s
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‘One of the greatest voyages’ #OnThisDay #OTD in 1916, Shackleton left Elephant Island on 'James Caird' in search of rescue, with Worsley, Crean, McCarthy, Vincent & McNish. Their destination: South Georgia, 1500kms away
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Just wanted to add a little hope to the French people - here's @York_Minster, before and after. People, it can be done - hard work, money and above all talented craftspeople #NotreDameCathedralFire 🇫🇷
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Epic. In support of their #leadership study into @ErnestShackletn, #Team16 have been in South Georgia, following his footsteps. Where else can you have adventures like this other than @BritishArmy? @Army_Leadership @shackleton100 @BFBS_Falklands @falklands @ArmySouthEast
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Fishermen and the Fishing industry in the Great War at Sea. A breakdown of the chapters in my new book published by Liverpool University Press on the role of Fishermen and fishing communities in the Great War.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY Boss - 145 today.
Sir Ernest Shackleton, the titan of exploration & leadership, was born on 15th February 1874 in County Kildare, Ireland. “He’s a marvellous man & I would follow him anywhere”. Harry Dunlop, Chief Engineer. Nimrod Expeditions #shackleton #boss
I think this goes to show just how difficult this kind of project is, and how even in this day and age, you’ve still got to know when to abandon ship.
Well done to all those involved, it can’t have been an easy decision to make.
Breaking news from the Weddell Sea Expedition: deteriorating weather & ice conditions have forced the team to abandon the Endurance search.
Congratulations to the team & all involved for what has been achieved during this remarkable expedition. Follow @WeddellSeaExped for updates
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The conditions we are facing are challenging. There is an ice floe moving in from the West and air temperatures have dropped to below -14 degree centigrade. It gives us a sense of the harsh, unforgiving time that Shackleton and his men endured out here.
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We have reached the sinking site of the Endurance! The Agulhas II, led by Captain K. Bengu, assisted by F. Lighthelm and VL John Shears, has led us through heavy pack ice. Exploration Director, Mensun Bound, has said ‘we are the first people here since Shackleton and his men!’
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Incredible to think #Shackleton and crew bravely did the same in the old ship Endurance, hope you have brought your pickaxes! - youtube.com/watch?v=OWachNFn…
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We are heading into the heart of the Weddell Sea in search of Shackleton’s lost Endurance. We need to navigate through heavy pack ice to get there. We are fortunate to have such a committed and experienced polar ice crew onboard the Agulhas II!
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Kings and Queens, writers and artists, scientists and activists, we have them all! #BattleSignatures (Left to right, top to bottom):
King George V
Sir Anthony Van Dyck
Guy Fawkes
Isaac Newton
Charles Darwin
Ernest Shackleton
Charles Dickens
Queen Elizabeth I
Queen Victoria
Remembering John Vincent, who died 78 years ago on this day (19th Jan) just a few days before his 57th birthday. His grave is in Scartho Road Cemetray, Grimsby, but sadly slightly inaccurate. Please think of him this week.
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"Great God! This is an awful place" #OnThisDay #OTD in 1912, Robert Falcon Scott and four companions finally reached the South Pole to find Amundsen’s tent with the Norwegian flag. In the photo, standing left to right: Oates, Scott, and Evans; seated: Bowers & Wilson @scottpolar
I believe that John Vincent sailed with Hellyers- on the trawler ‘McDuff’ but as always I need to find out more :)
Did you know that #Viola is one of the fifty steam trawlers from the fleet commissioned by Hellyers that were given Shakespearean names? She’s the only one to survive.
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A service will be held on Sunday 20 January to commemorate Hull’s lost trawlermen. STAND’s annual Lost Trawlermen’s Day service will take place at the memorial site on St Andrews Quay from 12noon.
hullfishingheritage.org.uk/l…
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Welcome home Captain Lou Rudd!
On 28 December 2018, the Army Captain became the first Briton to cross Antarctica solo – an amazing achievement!
#YourArmyNeedsYou #SpiritofEndurance
Learn more: bit.ly/2siRYXv
Watching BBC Icons, and they literally just said Shackleton only took men on the James Caird who would ‘demoralise’ the rest.
Do these people realise how upsetting this is for descendants of these men?? Even worse that Shackleton didn’t honour them, They still get ridiculed!!
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New year, new office? We're looking for a Collections Project Cataloguer to research and improve our information about Shackleton's expeditions and science expeditions to the Arctic (fixed term post) spri.cam.ac.uk/vacancies/ #museumjobs
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We have various documents in our collection relating to polar explorer Ernest Shackleton, who #OnThisDay in 1921 passed away. Here is his signature, a list of supplies for his Antarctic Expedition, and a photograph of Shackleton with Adam and Wild celebrating Christmas day!
