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9^th Shackleton Autumn School 23^rd -26^th October 2009

Book launch on the Friday night before the Shackleton Memorial lecture. 'THE SHACKLETON LETTERS - BEHIND THE SCENES OF THE NIMROD EXPEDITION' by Regina Daly.

Friday 23^rd Caroline Casey - Shackleton Memorial Lecture on the Friday night.

Saturday

10.30 Hans Kjell-Larsen 'Captain C.A.Larsen' Cost €7.00

12.00 Prof Andrew Lambert ‘The Gates of Hell: the Franklin

expedition, science and cannibalism' Cost €7.00

2.30. Dr David Wilson- 'Nimrod Illustrated: Pictures from

Lieutenant Shackleton's British Antarctic Expedition' Cost €7.00

4.00 Dr Russell Potter “Those wrecked or stranded ships":

Unresolved aspects of the Franklin Expedition Cost €7.00

8.00 Dinner: Cost €40.00

Sunday

10.30 Michael Rosove ' The Great Books of Shackletonia' Cost €7.00

12.00 Lady Herbert. 'The Way of the Explorer' Cost €7.00

3.00 Film: Selection of excerpts from polar films to be hosted

by Dr Huw Lewis Jones & Dr Russell Potter Cost€7.00

8.00 Drama Premier John MacKenna’s new play Cost €12.00

Monday

10.00 Bus Tour: Cost €10.00

Full Weekend Ticket: Cost €95.00

Also to be launched during the school:

Rob Stephenson 'Antarctic' research library and archive is the US

Nimrod Journal Volume 3

Log on to our new website dedicated to the school: www.shackletonmuseum.com

For booking forms and any queries contact:

Margaret Walsh

Athy Heritage Centre & Museum,

Emily Square,

Athy.

County Kildare,

Ireland

Tel: 059 8633075 Fax:059 8633076

Email: athyheritage@eircom.net

www.athyheritagecentre-museum.ie

www.shackletonmuseum.com