Sir Ernest Shackleton and the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration

TO ATTEND THIS PRESENTATION, YOU MUST REGISTER WITH THE DES PLAINES HISTORY CENTER. SEE BELOW Ken Levine will discuss Ernest Shackleton's life and his four expeditions to the Antarctic. What makes his lectures different from others is that he includes various tidbits about some of the other members of his expeditions. Some of these members are well known (Frank Wild and Frank Worsely) and some are not (William Bakewell). Levine has been to Antarctica four times and visited museums and other exhibitions about this subject in England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Norway, Argentina, Chile, Australia and New Zealand. ADMISSION TO THE EVENT IS FREE TO MEMBERS OF THE HISTORY CENTER. THE COST TO NON-MEMBERS IS $10.00, TO REGISTER, GO TO https://www.desplaineshistory.org/programs/calendar/september-2026-coffee-talk