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SUMMARY:Cold cases in Antarctic history - Dr. Ursula Rack
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CONTACT:Naomi
DESCRIPTION:Some events of the Heroic era are not well known or almost for
 gotten. This presentation will introduce you to the second German expediti
 on in 1911 – 1912 and the conflict between an Austrian Antarctic explore
 r and Ernest Shackleton. \nThe second German expedition started with great
  hopes and motivation but the course of this endeavour ended in a disaster
 . Wilhelm Filchner\, the expedition leader\, was confronted with a strong 
 opposition on board and several events brought the expedition on the brink
  of a total collapse. One member on that expedition\, Felix König\, wante
 d to continue this expedition where it ended and came in conflict with Ern
 est Shackleton because both events should happen at the same spot at the s
 ame time in the Weddell Sea. World War One broke out but Shackleton could 
 proceed with his Endurance expedition. König ended up in a prison camp in
  Siberia and could escape in June 1918 but saw the Antarctic never again. 
 \n\nUrsula is a researcher for Polar history at Gateway Antarctica\, Unive
 rsity of Canterbury. She conducted her doctoral research on the social his
 tory of polar expeditions at the Alfred-Wegener-Institute for Polar and Ma
 rine Research in Bremerhaven\, Germany\, and the University of Vienna and 
 was awarded a PhD in 2009. Her research interests are social and environme
 ntal history based on personal accounts such as diaries and correspondence
 . She is the recipient of a COMNAP fellowship for the research project “
 Reconstructing historic Antarctic climate data from logbooks and diaries o
 f the Heroic era” in 2012/13. Following her expertise\, Ursula was invol
 ved in the Deep South National Science Challenge: ACRE Antarctica Data Res
 cue until September 2017. Ursula has been awarded the New Zealand Winston 
 Churchill Memorial Fellowship 2018 for her research project: “Frozen His
 tory: researching\, collecting and communicating Antarctic History.” \n
LOCATION:SPRI Lecture Theatre\, Lensfield Road
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