Year: 2016

Norman Mooney was officially appointed as cabin boy on board Quest on the 16th September 1921, the day before Quest left London, he signed a formal legal eight-page agreement (stamped sixpence) with Sir Ernest Shackleton. Mooney signed to say he would be subject to the …

So, when Shackleton decided to venture off again in 1921 it was no surprise that he might once again choose to take a young person, or two, on the voyage to develop their character. As for the voyage itself, initially the plan was to head …

What were Shackleton’s reasons for taking Scouts on the expedition? Shackleton already had a track record of providing life-changing experiences to young people. Back in 1914 he had previously recruited a young geologist from Glasgow University – James Mann Wordie – from hundreds of applicants …

This, in turn, has brought me to my third idea. With four years to go until the centenary I decided to write a book about Shackleton’s Scouts and donate a percentage of the profits to our Kent Scouts Global Projects fund earmarked for the ReQuest2021 …

Introduction Did you know that two Scouts sailed with Sir Ernest Shackleton to Antarctica in 1921? Personally, I first heard the story of Shackleton’s Scouts back in 2013 when I stumbled upon it on “Johnny” Walker’s Scouting Milestones website by chance and was inspired to …