South Georgia (Spanish: Isla San Pedro) is an island in the South Atlantic Ocean that is part of the British Overseas Territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.It lies around 1,400 kilometres (870 mi) east of the Falkland Islands.Stretching in the east–west direction, South Georgia is around 170 kilometres (106 mi) long and has a maximum width of 35 kilometres (22 …

Ernest Shackleton (1874-1922), Antarctic explorer, was born and spent his childhood at Kilkea House. See also. Kilkea Castle; Kilkea and Moone, the barony; List of towns and villages in Ireland; References External links. Media related to Kilkea at Wikimedia Commons; Joe Greene and the lock out ...

En este punto le pidió a Ernest Bevin que se adelantara y compartiera los aplausos. Bevin dijo: «No, Winston, este es tu día», y procedió a dirigir a la gente en el canto de For Is a Jolly Good Fellow. [378] Por la noche, Churchill hizo otra transmisión a la nación afirmando que la derrota de Japón seguiría en los próximos meses (los ...

Grytviken is closely associated with the explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton.Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition set out from London on 1 August 1914, to reach the Weddell Sea on 10 January 1915, where the pack ice closed in on their ship, Endurance.The ship was broken by the ice on 27 October 1915. The 28 crew members managed to flee to Elephant Island off …

A carbonate platform developed along the palaeo-Pacific margin of Gondwana during the Cambrian, depositing the Shackleton Limestone on top of the Late Proterzoic argillaceous turbidite Goldie Formation. The Ross orogeny, during the early Paleozoic (Cambro-Ordovician), folded the Transantarctic Mountains along the margin of Gondwana, with associated …

Uitvoering. In de tijd dat ruimtevaart nog fantasie was, stelde men zich een ruimtepak wel voor als een lichte, luchtdichte overall met een glazen helm. Er werd zelfs door sommigen verondersteld dat een duikpak bruikbaar was, maar een duikpak is niet bestand tegen het verschil in luchtdruk.. Een echt ruimtepak is een zwaar en log geheel. Het bestaat uit een onderpak, …

Ernest Henry Shackleton (Kilkea (County Kildare, Ierland), 15 februari 1874 – Zuid-Georgia, 5 januari 1922) was een Anglo-Ierse ontdekkingsreiziger Levensloop. Ernest Shackleton was de tweede van tien kinderen en oudste zoon van Henry en Henrietta. Op zijn zesde verhuisde het gezin naar Dublin waar zijn vader geneeskunde ging studeren. ...

Sir Douglas Mawson OBE FRS FAA (5 May 1882 – 14 October 1958) was an Australian geologist, Antarctic explorer, and academic. Along with Roald Amundsen, Robert Falcon Scott, and Sir Ernest Shackleton, he was a key expedition leader during the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.. Mawson was born in England and came to Australia as an infant. He completed …

HMS Endurance was an icebreaker that served as the Royal Navy ice patrol ship between 1991 and 2008. Built in Norway as MV Polar Circle, she was chartered by the Royal Navy in 1991 as HMS Polar Circle, before being purchased outright and renamed HMS Endurance in 1992.. Endurance was a class 1 icebreaker.Her two Bergen BRG8 diesel engines produced over 8000 …

Norwegian Air Shuttles flyflåte består i mars 2021 av totalt 99 fly; 8 av typen Boeing 787-9, 3 av typen Boeing 787-8, 70 av typen Boeing 737-800W og 18 av typen Boeing 737 MAX 8. Norwegian Air Shuttle har tatt levering på 100 nye Boeing 737-800W-maskiner i perioden august 2009–februar 2018. I tillegg har selskapet leaset 4 nye fly av samme type, som er levert i …

Thomas Crean (Irish: Tomás Ó Cuirín; c. 16 February 1877 – 27 July 1938) was an Irish seaman and Antarctic explorer who was awarded the Albert Medal for Lifesaving (AM).. Crean was a member of three major expeditions to Antarctica during the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, including Robert Falcon Scott's 1911–1913 Terra Nova Expedition.This saw the race to reach …

The clarinet family is a musical instrument family of various sizes and types of clarinets, including the well-known B ♭ clarinet, the bass clarinet, and the slightly less familiar E ♭ and A clarinets among others.. Clarinets other than the standard B ♭ and A clarinets are sometimes known as harmony clarinets. There are many differently-pitched clarinet types, some of which are very rare.

Sir Kenneth Charles Branagh (/ ˈ b r æ n ə /; born 10 December 1960) is a British actor and filmmaker. Branagh trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London and has served as its president since 2015. He has won an Academy Award, four BAFTAs (plus two honorary awards), two Emmy Awards, and a Golden Globe Award.He was appointed a Knight Bachelor in the …

The Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration was an era in the exploration of the continent of Antarctica which began at the end of the 19th century, and ended after the First World War; the Shackleton–Rowett Expedition of 1921–1922 is often cited by historians as the dividing line between the "Heroic" and "Mechanical" ages.. During the Heroic Age, the Antarctic region …