Deep ocean exploration with Rory Golden is among the talks lined up for the 25th annual Autumn Shackleton School.
Golden is a diver, explorer, and public speaker who has been on seven deep sea expeditions, six of which were to the Titanic, among many other adventures.
He is chair of the Great Britain and Ireland chapter of the Explorers Club, and Fellow of the Royal Geographic Society, London.
The school dedicated to the memory of Sir Ernest Shackleton has also booked Prof John Sweeney to discuss climate change and why the poles matter during the weekend from October 24th to 26th.
The life of Erich von Drygalski, who shaped German polar research like no other, will be outlined by Holger Köthe, his great-grandson.
Holger Köthe
After two expeditions to Greenland in 1891 and 1892/93, von Drygalski was appointed as leader of the first German South Polar Expedition, from 1901 to 1903.
During eleven months of being trapped in the ice, extensive research was carried out, the results of which later culminated in the 20-volume work “Universitas Antarctica.”
Highlights of the research included a balloon ascent and a total of seven sleigh explorations, where, among other things, an extinct, heavily eroded volcano was discovered.
“Curating Amundsen – Rethinking a biography” is the title of a talk at the school by Anders Bache, who “lives and breathes the famous Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen…literally”.
Anders Bache
He is a curator in Amundsen’s house, surrounded by a range of artefacts which were part of the daily life of Amundsen. Additional material is constantly being discovered, in the attic, outbuildings, under the floorboards.
“100 years on from his pioneering attempt to fly to the North Pole, it is opportune to hear about the person that was Roald Amundsen,”the Shackleton school organisers say.
For a full programme, see the website here
