The renowned Scottish artist Dame Barbara Rae DBE RA has long been fascinated by the polar regions. Published to accompany an exhibition at the Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, in its bicentenary year, this sumptuous volume reproduces a host of new works made on Rae’s recent voyages to Antarctica. There she traced the journeys of the explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton during the ill-fated Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914–17), visiting such remote locations as South Georgia and Elephant Island.
Duncan Macmillan is Professor Emeritus of the History of Scottish Art at the University of Edinburgh, art critic for the Scotsman, and an art historian. Jamie Owen is Licensing and Commercial Partnerships Manager at the Royal Geographical Society, London. Nick Lambert, master mariner, former captain of HMS Endurance and UK National Hydrographer, concluded his naval career in 2012.
* Preface by Lady Shackleton* Introduction by Sandy Moffat* Essays by Antarctic experts on Shackleton* Essay by Rear Admiral Nicholas Lambert* Plates* Endmatter
The renowned Scottish artist Dame Barbara Rae DBE RA has long been fascinated by the polar regions. Published to accompany an exhibition at the Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, in its bicentenary year, this sumptuous volume reproduces a host of new works made on Rae’s recent voyages to Antarctica. There she traced the journeys of the explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton during the ill-fated Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914–17), visiting such remote locations as South Georgia and Elephant Island.
Duncan Macmillan is Professor Emeritus of the History of Scottish Art at the University of Edinburgh, art critic for the Scotsman, and an art historian. Jamie Owen is Licensing and Commercial Partnerships Manager at the Royal Geographical Society, London. Nick Lambert, master mariner, former captain of HMS Endurance and UK National Hydrographer, concluded his naval career in 2012.
* Preface by Lady Shackleton* Introduction by Sandy Moffat* Essays by Antarctic experts on Shackleton* Essay by Rear Admiral Nicholas Lambert* Plates* Endmatter