Month: June 2022
ReQuest2021 Podcast Ep.37
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EPISODE 37 – Thursday 30th June 2022 – SECOND DRAKE & SECOND ARGO
Our return journey on across the Drake Passage with our final Argo launch along the way. The REQUEST interview with Aske Jensen from the permanent crew. Plus, BONUS content including Axel & Alan’s First Iceberg Cruise; the Fram Cruise Ship Passing; Genevieve discussing the BAS kit and a team Nansen Net Deployment.
00:00 Theme Music – “Antarctica”
00:45 Welcome Message
01:49 Alan Describing Being Back On The Drake
03:20 14th January – Under Motor
04:30 3.30am Watch
08:04 Sun 16th Jan – Discussing 2nd Argo
09:02 Preparing & Deploying 2nd Argo
28:20 Under Full Sail
29:51 A Windy Night!
30:49 17th January Just Before Breakfast
31:36 On Lookout Duty
32:06 On Afternoon Watch – Tanker Nearby
32:58 In The Middle Of The Drake
33:56 Final 4am Watch Entering The Beagle Channel
35:04 REQUEST Interview With Aske Jensen
41:48 Closing Message
43:09 END
BONUS CONTENT
43:42 Axel & Alan’s First Iceberg Cruise
01:00:56 A Recording Under The Ice
01:01:26 Alan’s Reflections on First Iceberg Cruise
01:03:06 Return From First Iceberg Cruise
01:07:51 Fram Cruise Ship Passing
01:08:12 Genevieve Discussing The BAS Kit
01:10:05 A team Nansen Net Deployment
A MOMENT IN ANTARCTICA
AN EXTRACT FROM THE #REQUEST2021 PODCAST EPISODE 36 RECORDED ON LOCATION AT NEKO HARBOUR, ANTARCTICA WITH A SLIDESHOW OF PHOTOS TAKEN AT THE TIME.
INCLUDING MY SHORT POEM – ‘A MOMENT IN ANTARCTICA‘
A moment in Antarctica
Still
Hear that rumbling
The rumbling of glacial ice
Gentoo penguins leaping through the water
And there’s a magic
Deep in the ice there’s a tall ship
Three masts
A Dutch barque
And as the water laps up onto the shingle
It is almost as if the rocks are talking to me
Ice
Ice
Ah, there’s a seal coming right at me
See if I can film it
This just doesn’t happen
Here he is
There he is
The blow of the seal
(A.S. Noake, 13th January 2022)
LISTEN TO THE FULL PODCAST EPISODE ON: https://www.request2021.org.uk/podcast/request2021-podcast-ep-36/
ReQuest2021 Podcast Ep.36
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Tuesday 14th June 2022 – PARADISE BAY / NEKO HARBOUR
A zodiac cruise on 13th January 2022 around Paradise Bay with Sarah our guide visiting Brown Station, Blue Eyed Shags nesting and glaciers with a surprise visit by a whale. Some underwater hydrophone recording. An afternoon sitting on the Beach at Neko Harbour surrounded by penguins and seals.
PLUS Bonus Content: Nansen Net Krill Sampling; Conversations and other recordings at Neko Harbour.
00:00 Theme Music – “Antarctica”
00:45 Welcome Message
02:18 13th January 2022 Early morning watching penguins
03:31 Alan & Axel on a Zodiak Cruise with Sarah
31:04 Underwater Sound Recording while a Whale was by the Zodiak
31:26 Alan & Axel on a Zodiak Cruise with Sarah
41:21 Underwater Sound Recording off the side of the Zodiak
46:21 Alan after Climbing the top of the Main Mast
47:03 Zodiak ride to Neko Harbour
54:36 Spending time at Neko Harbour
1:06:32 Watching a Weddell Seal Up Close
1:07:47 Lapping Water
1:08:48 Penguin Party!
1:10:27 On the beach at Neko Harbour
1:12:56 Alan’s reflections on Antarctica, Neko Harbour
01:21:50 Closing Message
1:23:10 END
BONUS CONTENT
1:23:10 Final Nansen Net Deployment
1:33:41 Review of TASK “Krill Sampling” project
1:34:50 Alan & Cathy chatting – Neko Harbour
1:35:34 Alan & Erik chatting – Neko Harbour
1:39:11 Last moments at Neko Harbour
ReQuest2021 Podcast Ep.35
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Friday 3rd June 2022 –TREK IN THE SNOW / DAMOY HUT
A very different podcast episode joining me (Alan Noake) on a long, arduous trek through the snow at Dorian Bay ending up at Damoy Hut. So, this was on the afternoon of 12th January 2022 after we had visited Port Lockroy in the morning. I have included warts ‘n’ all, the pain I went through walking through the snow, and all of the conversations and thoughts that I had along the way. It includes George’s now famous rant about penguins!
00:00 Theme Music – “Antarctica”
00:45 Welcome Message
01:38 12th January 2022 A Long Trek Through The Snow At Dorian Bay Ending Up At Damoy Hut
(26:00 George’s rant about penguins!)
(1:01:00 Looking Around Damoy Hut)
1:17:18 Reflecting On The Morning At Port Lockroy
01:18:22 Closing Message
1:19:42 END
Gough Island
Commemorating Quest’s departure from Gough Island on 2nd June 1922. Filmed at Dulwich College by the James Caird Lifeboat. Obviously a different Shackleton expedition but the perfect setting to share details of this unique artefact. #REQUEST2021
THANKS GO TO JAN CHOJECKI FOR USE OF THE MOUNT ROWETT ARTEFACT AND FREDDIE WITTS (ARCHIVIST AT DULWICH COLLEGE) FOR ALLOWING US TO FILM WITH IT NEXT TO THE JAMES CAIRD LIFEBOAT.
West Kent Freemasons Help Again
On Friday 27th May 2022 West Kent Freemasons presented Alan Noake and Cathy Mummery with a further grant of £250 for the legacy REQUEST FUND. Alan and Cathy represented the REQUEST2021 team at a formal event at the Connaught Rooms and Grand Temple Freemasons’ Hall in London. Previously West Kent Freemasons donated £3500 along with East Kent Freemasons who donated a further £2500.
TALL SHIP EXPERIENCE COMPETITION
A WEEKEND TALL SHIP EXPERIENCE
REQUEST COMPETITION
FOUR OPEN PLACES AVAILABLE TO EXPLORER SCOUTS IN KENT…
The REQUEST2021 team have recently discovered that Scout Marr’s Quest journey 100 years ago did not actually end in Plymouth on 16th September 1922 as we first thought but apparently just afterwards in Portsmouth. Therefore, we are planning to end our project in style by sailing from Plymouth to Portsmouth on a tall ship to commemorate the final days of the Shackleton-Rowett ‘Quest’ Expedition on the weekend of the 16th– 18th September 2022.
To that end we have chartered the incredible Johanna Lucretia from The Tall Ships Trust. Photo credit: Tim Winsey.
See https://www.theislandtrust.org.uk/boats/johanna-lucretia/ As she is currently the only UK flagged topsail schooner in sail training, she is guaranteed to draw attention wherever she goes!
The four lucky Explorers finally chosen will be accompanied by three over 25s, two Network Scouts, two more Kent Scouts Explorers and an Explorer Scout from Devon plus of course the permanent Johanna Lucretia crew members.
To make the opportunity as accessible to as many people as possible the fee for the trip for Explorers will be highly subsidised by 80% due to an extremely generous grant from the Deep Sea Scouts. This brings it down to just £50* per Explorer for the weekend sailing. This includes all meals on board, wet weather gear and life jackets. *Note: Transport to and from Plymouth/Portsmouth is not included. Applicants must be aged 13.5+, and under 18, on 16th-18th Sep ‘22.
Participants will need to be in Plymouth by 6pm at the latest (having already eaten dinner) on Friday 16th September 2022 and we should finish in Portsmouth at around 4pm on Sunday 18th September 2022.
EXPLORERS INTERESTED IN APPLYING FOR THIS INCREDIBLE SAILING EXPERIENCE NEED
TO SEND AN EMAIL TO INFO@REQUEST2021.ORG.UK SIMPLY ANSWERING THE FOLLOWING QUESTION IN ANY FORMAT THEY PREFER. (FOR EXAMPLE: A LETTER, A POSTER, A VIDEO, A DRAWING OR EVEN A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION)
CLOSING DATE: MIDNIGHT 30th JUNE 2022.
“Why do I want to be part of the final voyage of the REQUEST2021 project?”