@Tyrone_M_Smith This is very sad. I loved watching “the Grampian” and then North Tonight - always professional, relevant and a must watch. And Norman is a brilliant presenter.
Lorraine Kelly shares her cosmic Inheritance Tracks on BBC Radio 4:
https://t.co/FHzyQEm1GM
@reallorraine@orionbooks#space#planets#stars
Her new book The Island Secret is out now.
Vivienne @FollowWestwood is coming to @VADundee next year, focussing on her jewellery & use of Scottish fabrics. I once hosted the Queen of Punk herself—so I enjoyed laying out the glorious mess of her creative/activist life in today’s @ScotNational column https://t.co/5LYs0EcjfF
#On this Day in 1879, polar explorer Edward Stewart Marshall was born in Hampstead, London. He read medicine at Emmanuel College, Cambridge and continued his studies at St Bartholomew's Hospital in London, qualifying as a surgeon in 1906.
Marshall was the surgeon on Shackleton's British Antarctic 'Nimrod' Expedition 1907-1909 and also the cartographer with the shore party. He was a member of the Southern Party, which led by Shackleton, achieved the Farthest South record of latitude 88° 23' South, longitude 162° East in January 1909, in their attempt to reach the South Pole. During this journey, Marshall was instrumental in saving the lives of the party by struggling to a food depot when the rest of the party was exhausted.
After his expedition to Antarctica, Marshall went on to research nutritional deficiency diseases and had a successful military career.
He was awarded the Polar Medal and a Military Cross and is commemorated in Antarctica by the naming of the Marshall Mountains 84°37' S 164°30' E.
Helping out and raising money with the auction last night at The Wycombe Swan for @RosiesRainbow of which I am a proud patron of.
Thank you to all who took part 👍🏻
R
#OnThisDay in 1916, Ernest Shackleton, Frank Worsley and Tom Crean set off at approximately 3am on their journey into the unknown to cross the island of South Georgia. The men were attempting to reach the Stromness whaling station in order to rescue their remaining crew - the three men left with the beached 'James Caird' at King Haakan Bay, and the remaining crew of the 'Endurance' stranded at Elephant Island.