South Polar Explorers- evening talk

Schedule

Wed, 27 Aug, 2025 at 07:30 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Brand Street, SG5 1JE Hitchin, United Kingdom | Hitchin, EN

Advertisement
In this talk Education Curator, Cas Sanders, will be concentrating on explorers of the South Pole and their feats of extraordinary bravery and ingenuity.
From Scott Shackleton to Amundsen Ross, from Ingrid Christiansen to Mawson and Barbara Hillary. There are many more people that we need to include in this role call of brave and sometimes controversial polar explorers, all traversed to the furthest South; a few both poles.
We know about the astonishing navigation of Shackleton's boat by Worsley to South Georgia, but without McNish they would never have got there or survived on Elephant island! Tom Creen was there for this and the last journey of Scott. But the greatest feat of survival could well have been Mawson.
Come and make up your mind.
Wednesday 27 August, 7.30pm
£7 per person
Doors open 15 minutes before the start of this event.
Advertisement

Where is it happening?

Brand Street, SG5 1JE Hitchin, United Kingdom, 18 Brand Street, Hitchin, SG5 1JE, United Kingdom

Event Location & Nearby Stays:

North Hertfordshire Museum

Host or Publisher North Hertfordshire Museum

It's more fun with friends. Share with friends

Discover More Events in Hitchin

Kite Making
Thu, 28 Aug at 10:00 am Kite Making

Arlesey Road Recreation Ground, Stotfold, SG5 4HE

KIDS WORKSHOPS
Nile Rodgers & CHIC Hitchin Tickets
Thu, 28 Aug Nile Rodgers & CHIC Hitchin Tickets

Hitchin Priory

Heatwave, Crazy P in Hitchin
Thu, 28 Aug at 04:00 pm Heatwave, Crazy P in Hitchin

Hitchin Priory

CONCERTS MUSIC
CHIC, Heatwave, Crazy P, Nile Rodgers, Heatwave in Hitchin
Thu, 28 Aug at 04:00 pm CHIC, Heatwave, Crazy P, Nile Rodgers, Heatwave in Hitchin

Hitchin Priory

CONCERTS MUSIC
Nile Rodgers and CHIC at Hitchin Priory
Thu, 28 Aug Nile Rodgers and CHIC at Hitchin Priory

Hitchin Priory

Deli After Dark: Coast and Crumble
Thu, 28 Aug at 07:00 pm Deli After Dark: Coast and Crumble

14 Hermitage Road, SG5 1BT Hitchin, United Kingdom

South Polar Explorers- evening talk
Wed, 27 Aug at 07:30 pm South Polar Explorers- evening talk

Brand Street, SG5 1JE Hitchin, United Kingdom

Dead Street School Ghost Hunt (\u00a329PP)
Sat, 30 Aug at 08:00 pm Dead Street School Ghost Hunt (£29PP)

British Schools Museum

Land Beneath the Waves: Local Landscape and Nearby Nature- evening talk
Tue, 09 Sep at 07:30 pm Land Beneath the Waves: Local Landscape and Nearby Nature- evening talk

Brand Street, SG5 1JE Hitchin, United Kingdom

Bike \u2018n Hike 2025
Sat, 13 Sep at 09:00 am Bike ‘n Hike 2025

Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire

Ickleford Village Hall - 100 years of service celebration
Sat, 20 Sep at 10:00 am Ickleford Village Hall - 100 years of service celebration

82 Arlesey Road, Ickleford, SG5 3TG Ickleford, United Kingdom

HALLOWEEN SPOOKTACULAR @ THE BRITISH SCHOOLS MUSEUM HITCHIN
Fri, 31 Oct at 08:00 pm HALLOWEEN SPOOKTACULAR @ THE BRITISH SCHOOLS MUSEUM HITCHIN

British Schools Museum

HALLOWEEN WORKSHOPS
Supper and ghost hunt at The Sun Hotel
Sat, 24 Jan at 07:00 pm Supper and ghost hunt at The Sun Hotel

Sun Hotel

What's Happening Next in Hitchin?

Discover Hitchin Events