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Friday, February 8, 2013

`Shackleton' re-enactors, stranded, are resupplied

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After six months on the ice Ernest Shackleton and four members of his crew crossed the southern (Antarctic) ocean in a life boat.  Landing ...
Thursday, February 7, 2013

Iceberg Alley

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by Jo Stewart - an Shackleton Epic blogger Jo Stewart

London to Istanbul by dinghy via rivers and canals | Classic Boat Magazine

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London  to Istanbul by dinghy part one. Classic Boat Magazine :  "London to Istanbul by dinghy part one" Over the rivers, thro...
Monday, February 4, 2013

Alexandra Shackleton Lands on South Georgia Island

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Tim Jarvis and crew have landed where Sir Ernest Shackleton and crew landed in 1916 after an 800 mile journey from Elephant Island, Antarct...

What does your desk look like?

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Linked In had this cute series today of some famous people's desks.  None appealed to me.  Not Branson's palm trees, not Pickens bu...
Friday, February 1, 2013

Alex Thomson Tells it Like it is - Vendée Globe 2012-2013

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finishing at les Sables D'Olonne, France Alex Thomson, the engaging British sailor took a third in the Vendee Globe - Around the Worl...
Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Cod's End?

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Image by Neal Parent Gloucestermen Mark Kurlansky's wonderful book Cod showed how important was the fish in the history of t...
Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Alexandra Shackleton: halfway to South Georgia Island

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Baz Gray at the helm, Day 6      Halfway

Wind Chill - Ice boating on Ft. Peck Lake, Montana

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Fort Peck Lake is a 141 mile reservoir created by the dam of the same name on the Missouri River in Montana.  Perfect for Iceboating.  If y...
Saturday, January 26, 2013

Hunter Island sanctuary -Pelham Bay Park

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Hunter Island sanctuary, Pelham Bay Park in the Bronx is a regular haunt of mine - a salt marsh, glacial outcroppings, and a protected bay...