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Radio 1's Morning Ireland
Dundalk devotes exhibition to Arctic Fox
RTE's Nationwide
Exhibition on Dundalk polar explorer
The Exhibition
The exhibiton runs from November 18th 2007 to February 17th 2008.
Opening hours are:
Mondays (Closed)
Tuesday to Saturday 10.30-17.30
Sunday 14.00-18.00
Admission to the Exhibition is Free.
Speakers and Topics in the McClintock Winter School
Friday 18th January
SPEAKER |
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TOPIC |
Dr. Russell Potter (Rhode Island College) |
The Literary Legacy of Francis Leopold McClintock: The Voyage of the Fox and its Readers |
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Shane McCorristine |
'The Supernatural Arctic' |
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Andrew Moore |
Sir Edwin Landseer’s “Man proposes, God disposes” and the fate of Franklin. |
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Dr. Kevin McKenna |
Hazards of Polar Exploration |
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Jarlath Cunnane |
Exploring the Northwest Passage |
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Joe O’Farrell |
The search for the Terror and the Erebus |
Saturday 19th January
SPEAKER |
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TOPIC |
Dr. Huw Lewis Jones (Scott Polar Institute Cambridge) |
Commander Cheyne, the Arctic Aeronaut |
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Colleen Healy (National Museum of Ireland) |
The impact of the European Settlers on the Inuit people. |
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Nigel Monaghan (Natural History Museum, Dublin) |
The contribution of Leopold McClintock to the natural sciences. |
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Jim McAdam |
Irish Polar Explorers |
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Michael Smith |
Francis Crozier |
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Kari Herbert |
Life for the Explorers’ wives and family |
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John McClintock |
One explorer’s family generations on - an appreciation |