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Jun 2, 2019 · The talk is a fundraising event presented by The Pembroke Dock Sunderland Trust with the Torch Theatre. In Erebus: The Story of A Ship, Palin brings to life the thrilling story of the tough little ship that took on the Antarctic and the Arctic in the 1840s - from its construction and launch from Wales' only Royal Dockyard in Pembroke Dock, 1826.
Erebus: The Story of a Ship. Friday, March 19, 2021. Two years ago I watched most of the ‘Terror’ TV series on a long plane flight back from Sydney to London. I was gripped for many hours, but never got to the last episode as my breakfast arrived. Having spent so much time writing about Sir John Franklin’s disastrous voyage aboard HMS ...
Sep 27, 2018 · Nature frustrates Palin too, in the end: his pilgrimage to the wreck of the Erebus below King William Island, on board a modern Russian ice-breaker, is foiled by present-day climate change. Warming seas have caused Arctic ice shelves to break up, causing massive ice floes that ironically echo the conditions Franklin found himself in, now frozen ...
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Sep 16, 2018 · In 1848, HMS Erebus disappeared in the Arctic, its fate a mystery. In 2014, it was found. Michael Palin brings the remarkable ship back to life, following its epic voyages of discovery to ultimate catastrophe. He talks to Anna James.
May 14, 2019 · To celebrate the paperback publication of Erebus: The Story of A Ship, Monty Python star and much-loved television globe-trotter Michael Palin brings his brand new one-man stage show to the Torch Theatre, Milford Haven, on Wednesday 17 July. The talk is a fundraising event presented by The Pembroke Dock Sunderland Trust with the Torch Theatre.
Dan Snow wrangles with a Python! He talks to comedy legend Michael Palin about his new book, Erebus The Story of a Ship. The book tells the devastating true story of the Franklin expeditions to find the Northwest Passage, and how their history only slowly came to light.
