Escape To Antarctica expo

Travelling show visiting Albany


20 June 2018

Shackleton: Escape from Antarctica panel display opens Friday 22nd June at Albany’s Historic Whaling Station.

It’s one of the greatest survival stories of all time and now, over 100 years later, a new travelling panel display invites visitors to walk in the footsteps of famous Antarctic explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton and discover his epic voyage of survival.

Shackleton:

Escape from Antarctica, brings together first-hand accounts and dramatic images by official expedition photographer Australian Frank Hurley to tell the compelling story of Shackleton’s Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914-17 and his bid to stay alive. The display opens at 10am on Friday 22nd June.

Alice Ackley from Albany's Historic Whaling Station explains more about the display