The Quest Chronicle blog and its origins
In early 2021, it was suggested that I set up a blog to document the โ100-years-agoโ story of the Shackleton-Rowett Expedition as an unfolding diary.ย ย The blog launched in March 2021 and ran though the year up to January 4 2022, the eve of the centenary of Sir Ernest Shackletonโs death at South Georgia.ย ย ย By this time, I had decided that the story should be presented in a book and so transferred efforts to that cause โ resulting in The Quest Chronicle being published in September 2022.ย ย This part of our website contains just some of the posts from the original blog.
Blog posts are listed below in reverse chronological order.
Jan Chojecki
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8-15 December 1921, Rio & South Georgia
Thursday 8 December, 1921 The Woodville, carrying Douglas and Wilkins reaches South Georgia and docks […]
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4-7 December 1921, Rio
Sunday 4 December, 1921 Sir Alfred Yarrow, the shipbuilding magnate, invites Shackleton to lunch at […]
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28 November to 3 December 1921, Rio
Monday 28 November, 1921 Newspaper reports in England carry Shackletonโs announcement that the expedition plan […]