Featured image: Photograph by Herbert Ponting, 1910–1913 (RGS-IBG S0000106)

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Shackleton Scholarship Fund

Supports graduates visiting the South Atlantic for research and for people whose visits to the Falkland Islands, or from the Falkland Islands to other parts of the world, benefit the region and enhance the quality of life for the Islanders.

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Sir Ernest Shackleton's visit to Manchester, 1909

Following his return from the British Antarctic (Nimrod) Expedition of 1907-1909 Sir Ernest Shackleton lectured at many venues across the UK, including at the Free Trade Hall, Manchester on Friday 5 November 1909.