“I saw a lone star hover gem-like above the bay” – Ernest Shackleton, 4 January 1922 The Quest Chronicle blog ends here – some months before the publication of the book of the same name, as described elsewhere at this website. Please send us your feedback – we hope you enjoyed the blog of Quest…

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Sunday 1 January 1922 Shackleton has made no entries in his diary since five days after leaving Plymouth, 29 September, but now writes: “Rested and calm after the storm. The year has begun kindly for us. It is curious how a date becomes a factor in one’s life. Christmas Day in the raging gale seemed…

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