The Quest Chronicle blog and its origins
In early 2021, it was suggested that I set up a blog to document the “100-years-ago” story of the Shackleton-Rowett Expedition as an unfolding diary. The blog launched in March 2021 and ran though the year up to January 4 2022, the eve of the centenary of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s death at South Georgia. By this time, I had decided that the story should be presented in a book and so transferred efforts to that cause – resulting in The Quest Chronicle being published in September 2022. 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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12-19 October, 1921 – Madeira
Wednesday 12 October, 1921 Not long after leaving Lisbon, the knocking of the engines begins […]
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8-11 October, 1921
Saturday 8 October, 1921 J C Bee Mason, in place of Sir Ernest Shackleton, gives […]
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1-7 October, 1921
Saturday 1 October, 1921 With a gale getting up, Quest lays up with the engines […]