The latest edition of We Are All Flourishing by Jan Chojecki is now available in e-book format on Amazon’s Kindle. First published in 2016, We Are All Flourishing contains the WW1 letters and diaries of Captain Walter Coats MC, describing his service in France and Flanders with the Glasgow Highlanders. Walter is Ellie Rowett’s brother,…

On Monday October 3, Jan Chojecki’s lecture at Dundee’s Discovery Point described John Quiller Rowett’s involvement in financing the 1921-22 Shackleton-Rowett (Quest) Expedition. Also, looking at Quest in comparison to vessels such as Discovery and Endurance, Jan drew out an analysis of the complex mixture of difficulties experienced with the ship – in particular with…

The Quest Chronicle is now published and available to purchase online.  It is the first book concentrating on the Shackleton-Rowett (Quest) expedition for almost a century and it contains much material from archival and private collections that has not been published previously. This first edition hardback, with dust jacket, is a limited impression of 500 copies…