Shackelton’s Boat Journey in the Maritime Museum

Physics@Work cordially invites you to “An illustrated talk by John O’Reilly on Shackleton’s 800 mile journey in a 20 foot boat in May 1916 and a tour of the Maritime Museum” will take place at 7.30pm on Thursday 5th May. Book a FREE ticket on: http://tinyurl.com/IopShackleton

You will have the opportunity to hold a sextant and see how it may be used to navigate. Frank Worsely used a sextant to critical effect on the four occasions the sun faintly appeared on this 17 day journey from Elephant island. The difficulty of doing this in a small boat pitched by the Antartic waves is hard to imagine. Even one degree of error could have cost the lives of the six crew including Ernest Shackleton and Tom Crean. The Museum has many fascinating exhibits including the Baily Optic – a fully functioning lighthouse beam.