http://www.shackletoncentenary.org/ en Copyright 2008 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 22:53:57 +0000 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Yesterday the BBC News website covered our story, looking at the Shackleton Centenary Expedition. Click the following link Descendants train for polar trek to read their take on what we're doing. This isn't the first time they've covered us... http://www.shackletoncentenary.org/the-team/bbc-news-online-ii.php http://www.shackletoncentenary.org/the-team/bbc-news-online-ii.php The Team Greenland media coverage Mon, 28 Apr 2008 22:53:57 +0000 Today's Telegraph has also covered the guy's going to Greenland. Click the following link Descendants follow in steps of Shackleton and his team to read more.... http://www.shackletoncentenary.org/the-team/the-telegraph-ii.php http://www.shackletoncentenary.org/the-team/the-telegraph-ii.php The Team media coverage Mon, 28 Apr 2008 10:25:37 +0000 In late 1999/ early 2000 White Mountain Films and NOVA/WGBH Boston co-produced Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure, an IMAX film re-enacting Shackleton's legendary 1914-1916 Expedition to the South Pole. We loved the film when it came out, and have recently been... http://www.shackletoncentenary.org/the-team/shackletons-leadership-role-.php http://www.shackletoncentenary.org/the-team/shackletons-leadership-role-.php The Team Dennis Perkins Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure Sun, 27 Apr 2008 16:22:48 +0000 (Henry Adams, Will Gow and Henry Worsley) Today's thelondonpaper has also covered the guy's going to Greenland. Click the following link London descendent of Shackleton to finish Pole mission to read Henry Worsley explaining why they chose to go... http://www.shackletoncentenary.org/the-team/the-london-paper-1.php http://www.shackletoncentenary.org/the-team/the-london-paper-1.php The Team media coverage Sun, 27 Apr 2008 15:44:34 +0000 Last week we mentioned how the guys had left for Greenland to help them prepare for Antarctica six months from now. A local newspaper has covered our story Click the following link Hampshire Man In Bid To Complete Shackleton's... http://www.shackletoncentenary.org/the-team/daily-echo.php http://www.shackletoncentenary.org/the-team/daily-echo.php The Team media coverage Sun, 27 Apr 2008 15:13:34 +0000 This week the 2 Henry's and Will have gone off to Greenland for a couple of weeks of intensive training - they will be reporting back to us on their progress soon and you will be able to find... http://www.shackletoncentenary.org/the-team/greenland.php http://www.shackletoncentenary.org/the-team/greenland.php The Team Greenland Training Sat, 19 Apr 2008 15:14:11 +0000 Antarctic ice loss between 1996 and 2006, overlaid on a Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) mosaic image of Antarctica. The colors indicate the speed of the ice loss. Purple/red is fast. Green is slow. Image credit: NASA Ice loss... http://www.shackletoncentenary.org/antarctica/antarctic-ice-loss-1.php http://www.shackletoncentenary.org/antarctica/antarctic-ice-loss-1.php Antarctica Antarctica ice NASA Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:36:40 +0000 Thanks to a collaboration between the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) and the Technical University of Braunschweig (TUBS), last month the BAS used unmanned air vehicles (UAV's) to collect data and help research in Antarctica for the first time. Whilst... http://www.shackletoncentenary.org/antarctica/unmanned-air-vehicles-in-antar.php http://www.shackletoncentenary.org/antarctica/unmanned-air-vehicles-in-antar.php Antarctica British Antarctic Survey Unmanned Air Vehicles Fri, 11 Apr 2008 18:15:39 +0000 Scientists in New Zealand and Australia have combined to publish work on whether some species of giant daisies known as Pleurophyllum arrived from Antarctica. The flowers, known to researchers as megaherbs, grow abundantly on the tiny windswept islands such... http://www.shackletoncentenary.org/antarctica/antarctic-flora-and-fauna-.php http://www.shackletoncentenary.org/antarctica/antarctic-flora-and-fauna-.php Antarctica Australia Megaherbs New Zealand Mon, 07 Apr 2008 13:37:33 +0000 Bill Shipton, one of the members of our Fundraising Committee has been instrumental in creating our brand new Shackleton Foundation website. www.shackletonfoundation.org. You can now go there for all your Shackleton Foundation needs. We're delighted with the result and... http://www.shackletoncentenary.org/the-team/the-new-shackleton-foundation-1.php http://www.shackletoncentenary.org/the-team/the-new-shackleton-foundation-1.php The Team shackleton foundation Sat, 05 Apr 2008 11:30:32 +0000 This year on April Fools Day the BBC went one further than the spaghetti trees of yesteryear - they created flying Adelie penguins. Click here to watch them in action and to find out how it was done.... http://www.shackletoncentenary.org/antarctica/flying-penguins-1.php http://www.shackletoncentenary.org/antarctica/flying-penguins-1.php Antarctica April Fools Day Flying penguins Sat, 05 Apr 2008 10:51:06 +0000 We have been watching Robert Swan OBE, our Fundraising Patron's website eagerly over the past few weeks as his latest project has really come on in leaps and bounds. Here is a little background in case you are unfamiliar... http://www.shackletoncentenary.org/the-team/robert-swan-and-e-base-2041-.php http://www.shackletoncentenary.org/the-team/robert-swan-and-e-base-2041-.php The Team E-Base 2041 environment Robert Swan OBE Sun, 30 Mar 2008 17:24:18 +0000 Norwegian sailor Oyvind Tangen has managed to take some beautiful pictures of striped icebergs whilst on board a research ship 660 miles north of Antarctica. According to the article: "When an iceberg falls into the sea, a layer of... http://www.shackletoncentenary.org/antarctica/striped-icebergs-1.php http://www.shackletoncentenary.org/antarctica/striped-icebergs-1.php Antarctica Icebergs Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:24:11 +0000 Clouds don't happen at the South Pole very often, so this is why Steffen Richter's photo is even more magnificent than it at first appears. Steffen is an electrical engineer working at the South Pole, and has a great... http://www.shackletoncentenary.org/the-team/clouds-at-the-south-pole-.php http://www.shackletoncentenary.org/the-team/clouds-at-the-south-pole-.php The Team Clouds Steffen Richter Mon, 24 Mar 2008 17:59:25 +0000 With so many stories in the news these days about China's peaceful rise this century, it was interesting to come across this article the other day. China is building a background atmosphere observation station at its Zhongshan base in... http://www.shackletoncentenary.org/antarctica/zhongshan.php http://www.shackletoncentenary.org/antarctica/zhongshan.php Antarctica Wed, 19 Mar 2008 10:29:58 +0000