ONE of the most remarkable locations on the planet will be brought to life at the Maritime Museum on Monday September 5.
In 2007 Cornish based skipper and tall ship sailor Debbie Purser spent 52 days on board the tall ship Europa exploring the Antarctic Peninsula and re-tracing Sir Ernest Shackleton’s 800 mile voyage from Elephant Island to South Georgia.
Join Debbie as she brings her incredible story to life in a Lunchtime Lecture at the Maritime Museum in Falmouth. This engaging lecture will see Debbie recount her first-hand experiences of sailing the Southern Ocean, a journey which she captured in a series of stunning photographs, taken with experienced wildlife filmmaker Roland Gockel.
Debbie says: “This was a bit of a busman's holiday for me as I run charter voyages in Cornwall. Sailing a square rigger amongst the icebergs downwind in the Southern Ocean was definitely more hard core than the day job. Photos of Falmouth Quay Punt Curlew cruising under the mountains of South Georgia were the temptation to go. Discovering I could sail there by tall ship was the snowy icing on the cake.”
The talk, entitled Square Rig Sailing in the Southern Ocean, is part of a programme combining a lecture and lunch, which explores different historical and nautical themes. The lecture and set lunch is from 12.30pm at the National Maritime Museum Cornwall, on Monday September 5 and costs £14.50. To book your place please call 01326 214546.
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