@EShackleton

Tweeting from the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914-1917. Follow the adventure! by @otolythe

 In and around Antarctica
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Incredible to see her again... after all this time... #Endurance
Jonathan Amos@JCDAmos9 Mar 2022
Behold! #ENDURANCE The lost ship of Antarctic explorer Sir Ernest #Shackleton has been found on the floor of the Weddell Sea. After more than two weeks of searching, the @Endurance_22 project found the ship on Saturday. bbc.co.uk/news/science-envir…
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the climate scientist who introduced us to Shackleton. RIP Jim McCarthy, a great man and a dear friend. 🌎 environment.harvard.edu/reme…
Museum of Comparative Zoology@MCZHarvard13 Dec 2019
With profound sadness, we note the passing of our dear friend and colleague, Jim McCarthy, on December 11th after a protracted illness. The MCZ community is greatly diminished by his loss, and we will all feel Jim’s absence deeply.
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otolythe@otolythe6 Jun 2017
my talk about @EShackleton on @twitter at 3rd South Pole-sium, Oslo, May 2017 vimeo.com/219838961 #Shackleton #storytelling #Antarctica

Ernest Shackleton on Twitter, Oslo 2017

Presentation by Peggy Nelson about publishing/performing historical characters on Twitter: my Ernest Shackleton (@EShackleton) project from 2011-2016. Talk given at the 3rd "South Pole-sium" sympos...

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TO everyone who has followed this adventure for the past 5 years, thank you!! I hope you've enjoyed it as much as I have. — @otolythe ^_^
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Resources used to create this account: selected books, films, websites, & reenactments: eshackleton.com/resources

Resources

The @EShackleton Twitter account and the material on this blog are drawn from a number of sources. I have listed below the ones I have found most useful. Books about Shackleton and Antarctic explor…

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To everyone who has followed this virtual Expedition, @EShackleton sends his most heartfelt thanks and regards.
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Letter to Emily: wp.me/p1vYEP-1ap
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"I always feel as long as I am doing the work & getting through the fight that all is well."
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"I think this is as "the Boss" would have had it himself..." — Macklin wp.me/p1vYEP-1an

Shackleton’s grave, Grytviken, South Georgia

“In the darkening twilight I saw a lone star hover Gem-like above the bay.” — Ernest Shackleton, last words in diary “I think this is as “the Boss” would have had it h…

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[Emily insisted that Shackleton be buried at Grytviken in South Georgia, in the latitudes he so loved.]
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[Arrangements were made to transport his body back to England.]
[In the early hours of 5 January 1922, Shackleton suffered a massive heart attack from which he did not recover. He was 47 years old.]
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"In the darkening twilight I saw a lone star hover, gem-like above the bay." [Shackleton's last journal entry]
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"You are always wanting me to give up things, what is it I ought to give up?" "Chiefly alcohol, Boss." — Macklin
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"The Boss says quite frankly that he does not know what he will do after S. Georgia." — Macklin
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"It is a strange and curious place! A wonderful evening." — 4 January 1922, Ernest Shackleton wp.me/p1vYEP-1al

A wonderful evening

“At last we came to anchor in Grytviken. How familiar the coast seemed as we passed down: we saw with full interest the places we struggled over after the boat journey… The old familiar…

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"The old familiar smell of dead whale permeates everything."
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"How familiar the coast seemed as we passed down: we saw with full interest the places we struggled over after the boat journey."
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"At last we came to anchor in Grytviken."
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[Shackleton suffered a heart attack at Rio, but recovered, and the expedition continued.]
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