Falklands : The Hon. Alexandra Shackleton Visits Punta Arenas
Submitted by Falkland Islands News Network (Juanita Brock) 21.10.2005 (Article Archived on 04.11.2005)
Luis Bahamonde Salazar reports about what Alexandra Shackleton is doing in Punta Arenas.
Photo (c) Alfie - The Hon. Alexandra Shackleton
THE HON. ALEXANDRA SHACKLETON VISITS PUNTA ARENAS
The Hon. Alexandra Shackleton
By Luis Bahamonde Salazar
LaPrensa Austral reports that the Granddaughter of Sir Earnest Shackleton, the Hon. Alexandra Shackleton, is visiting Punta Arenas, Chile this week. Mr. Robert Headland, Curator of the Cambridge University Polar Museum is accompanying her.
The historic visit co-insides with Regional Magallanes Day but mostly she and Mr. Headland will be concentrating on the links between Punta Arenas and the rescue of her Grandfather, Sir Earnest Shackleton’s crew from Elephant Island in 1916.
The Hon. Alexandra Shackleton will be visiting Punta Arenas schools to talk about her Grandfather’s 1914 -1916 expedition on which his ship, the ENDURANCE sank in the Weddell Sea. She will also hand out leaflets about the historical aspects of Earnest Shackleton’s association with Punta Arenas.
The Chilean Antarctic Institute will host Mr. Headland for an evening speech as well as a donation to the Chilean Antarctic Museum. This Friday the Hon. Alexandra Shackleton will sail the Majellan Straits with Jamie and Fernando Pedro Huerta, grandchildren of the pilot of the Chilean vessel, YELCHO that assisted with the rescue of ENDURANCE’S crew from Elephant Island in 1916.
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