Shackleton
Watching the weather in the far southern seas
A group of young New Zealanders and two meteorologists travel to South Georgia Island in the southern Atlantic Ocean to collect weather observations – continuing the scientific legacy of early… Audio
Our Changing World for 21 May 2020
Two gems from Our Changing World's Antarctic archive - restoring Shackleton's hut at Cape Royds and hunting for extremophile microbes high on Mt Erebus. Audio
Expedition hopes to find Shackleton's Endurance
A British-led scientific expedition is hoping to find arguably the most famous ship in Antarctic history – Ernest Shackleton's Endurance. If the Endurance is found, there are plans to make it… Audio
Children's Books with Kate De Goldi: three non-fiction books
Kate discusses three children's non-fiction books: Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson, Timeline by Peter Goes, and Shackleton's Journey by William Grill. Audio
Adventurers retrace Shackleton's journey
Three young adventurers, including Sir Peter Blake's son, have completed an expedition in the South Atlantic marking the centenary of an epic journey.