Quest for legacy: from original Antarctic adventure to a call for new explorers How an expedition led by Sir Ernest Shackleton has inspired the formation of a new charity to enable young people to carry out polar projects.

RYS Quest - official weather reporting ship

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TARIFF OF THE PENGUINS (March of the Penguins parody) YouTube video by Mr. Newberger's AI Funnies

In case you missed it.. youtu.be/XQ5QBMl5K1I

The UK Antarctic Heritage Trust and South Georgia Heritage Trust charity auction is now live online.

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Antarctic Exploration in Colour - Dundee Heritage Trust Jan Chojecki shares the story of colour photography in Antarctica on Ernest Shackleton's final expedition.

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Still time to bid today..ReQuest Polar Auction - help support youth polar projects

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Polar Auction - get ready to bid. Some real gems going. From 9am tomorrow Saturday 1 March. Help the #RequestFoundation Support youth polar projects
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12 February 1922. Quest is in thick ice about 100 miles from the Antarctic coast. They turn back. It is their “farthest South”.
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Krill from space. James Marr would approve. www.strath.ac.uk/whystrathcly...

15/1/1922 Wilkins writes "why come this far south trusting that we may get something from the whaling stations rather than making sure ..? The whole organisation seems to have been a hopeless muddle and it is the laughing stock of these Norwegians who are keen and capable.”
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Not just any life boat

The beautiful and unique autochromes made by Wilkins on the Quest expedition are available as limited edition high definition prints from master printers Salto Ulbeek salto-ulbeek.com/publishing/t...

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2 January 1922 on #Quest, nearing #SouthGeorgia #Shackleton writes "Ah me! The years that have gone since, in the pride of manhood, I first went forth to the fight! I grow old and tired, but must always lead on"

#Today 1 Jan 1915, #GlasgowHighlanders are in French Flanders. Walter Coats, John Quller Rowett’s brother-in-law, greets the #NewYear 'digging in bright moonlight with snipers busy all round'. Read Walter's story in #WeAreAllFlourishing
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#Congratulations to David Mearns FRCGS, search Director in this year's @RCGS_SGRC mission that found #Quest, appointed OBE in #NewYearsHonours 🎖️

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#Today 27 December 1921. On #SouthGeorgia
Wilkins does a photostudy of the "miniature waterfall" in colour and b&w - longer exp. for the autochrome.
NB *LIMITED EDITION PRINTS* of Wilkins' colour photos from #Quest are available from master printers SALTO ULBEEK
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#ChristmasEve 1921. On #Quest en route to #SouthGeorgia 'heartbreaker' Roddy Carr breaks his nose; Wild pours the peg, "a generous hand with the bottle" as Naisbitt observes. Alone in a storm on SG Wilkins has #Xmas dinner early, roasts a duck. More in The Quest Chronicle questchronicle.org.uk

#Rio 8 December 1921. #Shackleton after likely overnight heart attack writes to John Quiller Rowett "tell Ellie, Never for me the lowered banner, Never the lost endeavour". Now repaired, RYS Quest departs for #SouthGeorgia

PS credits to @alannoakembe.bsky.social 👍

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Got some spare time and want to help with penguin research? Here is a citizen science project counting Adélie penguins in aerial imagery as part of a Masters thesis, and it's just gone into beta 🐧

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Back home now 😭 but this was take-off from Joburg night before last @britishairways.bsky.social

Congrats. Hope all will help the chances of beauties such as this leatherback seen after laying on the coast of Kwazulu-Natal a couple of nights ago.

Off duty from polar expedition history this week took this on OlympusTG6 at Hully Point near Mabibi, KwaZulu-Natal

Very honoured and delighted to receive the Quest Medal from The Royal Canadian Geographical Society for my (very minor) role in the mission that located the wreck of #Shackleton 's last ship in June this year @rcgssgrc.bsky.social
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To go back to the bee-gining 😅 John Charles “Bee” Mason went on the #Shackleton Rowett Expedition to Antarctica to make the record of the #expedition His expertise was films of…bees (B movies?). He got seasick and was sent home early.
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Arrived today. Nice one Anne Strathie. More than just a collection of items, this is full of fascinating #polar details. And several bits of the #QuestExpedition in there 👍

James Marr of Quest, Operation Tabarind, FIDS and thence BAS, and author of the definitive work on #krill would approve!

Whale Memorial

Sponsor a rivet in #SouthGeorgia Heritage Trust's #whale memorial. South Georgia Heritage Trust promotes the conservation and protection of the physical and natural environment and surrounding waters of South Georgia.
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Good morning BlueSky. Another X back number from Quest Chronicle. Reminder of the intrigue of Quest, Shackleton's last expedition, and its aftermath. Issued when The Quest Chronicle book first published in 2022, the centenary of the #Shackleton #Rowett #Expedition

More info: questchronicle.org.uk