Visit from the Honourable Alexandra Shackleton

Date: Monday 10 September 2018

Sessions:

10:50-11:45am, presentation to Year 5-8 students and parents 

@Wodehouse Theatre

3:45-4:30pm, meet with parents and staff @Room 319

Registration is required, see below.

We are very privileged to have the Honourable Alexandra Shackleton come meet and present to DCB students, staff and parents! The Honourable Shackleton is the only granddaughter of the great Antarctic explorer, Sir Ernest Shackleton. She will tell about her grandfather’s incredible story of enduring the unendurable, including interaction and Q&A with the audience.

The Honourable Shackleton is Life-President of the James Caird Society, which was founded to honour Sir Shackleton and provide information about his expeditions. She looks after her grandfather's legacy about as well as the great man himself looked after his men. The Honourable Shackleton has spent the past 25 years nurturing her grandfather's legacy, opening exhibitions, and recently addressing the United Nations. She has been much involved in telling the story of the achievements of Shackleton and his men, and has herself visited the Antarctic five times, the Arctic twice and the Falkland Islands nine times. She has been a patron of numerous Antarctic expeditions and is a champion for the preservation of this great wilderness. The Honourable Alexandra Shackleton is the Vice Patron of the United Kingdom Antarctic Heritage Trust, a member of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society, a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and the Royal Canadian Geographical Society, and the recipient of the latter’s Bernier Medal. She named two ships and four boats and carried out openings and unveilings all over the UK and a dozen countries abroad. She is also a member of the Honourable Company of Master Mariners.

Registration is required. Please follow the link https://yoopay.cn/event/ShackletonMeetwithDCB or scan the following QR code to sign up for this event.

日期：2018年9月10日，星期一

时间 & 地点：

10:50-11:45am – 5-8年级学生及家长见面会@Wodehouse剧场

3:45-4:30pm  - 家长及员工座谈@319教室

我们非常荣幸的邀请到亚历山德拉 - 沙克尔顿阁下莅临北京德威，与学生、家长和员工会面! 沙克尔顿女士是伟大的南极探险家欧内斯特 - 沙克尔顿爵士唯一的孙女,。她将为大家讲述祖父难以置信的冒险经历, 并包括互动问答环节。

亚历山德拉. 沙克尔顿她是James Caird协会（一个专门为纪念沙克尔顿爵士和收藏有关他远征事迹的机构）终身主席。沙克尔顿阁下向其祖父照顾他的船员一样，一直精心致力于发扬冒险家精神，使之发扬光大。在过去25年中，一直不断宣扬祖父的探险经历和励志情怀，曾多次在大型活动开幕式及联合国发表演讲，讲述沙克尔顿和他手下的传奇故事, 并亲自访问南极洲五次, 北极两次, 福克兰群岛九次。她更是众多南极探险队的赞助人, 是保护这片伟大荒野的拥护者。亚历山德拉. 沙克尔顿是英国南极遗产信托的主要赞助人之一, 苏格兰皇家地理协会的成员, 皇家地理协会的研究员。

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