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Ernest Shackleton’s Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914 is one of the greatest and most harrowing stories of courage in the history of exploration. Lecturer Greg Caggiano brings this past alive.
Ernest Shackleton’s Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914 is one of the greatest and most harrowing stories of courage in the history of exploration. Learn the background information of the voyage, what went wrong, and how he and his crew refused to quit even when shipwrecked in total isolation at the bottom of the world. This lecture is being offered in honor of the 2022 discovery of Shackleton’s long-lost ship, the Endurance, and new 3D scans of the wreck in 2024. The past will come alive in this exciting talk.
About the Presenter: Greg Caggiano is an award-winning historian, lecturer, author, and consultant. He holds a degree in history from New Jersey City University and NJ State teaching certifications in history and elementary education. Since 2014, he has lectured as an instructor for Brookdale Community College in their Lifelong Learning department. In 2022, Greg was given the Invitational Lecture Grant Award by their Friends group for his presentation titled "Ernest Shackleton and the Age of Antarctic Exploration". He has also worked many years as a field guide for the Ocean Institute on Sandy Hook, which provides K-12 school field trips focused on local marine life, maritime history, and the history of the US Military’s presence at Fort Hancock. This program began at Brookdale and is now with Clean Ocean Action as the Seaside Environmental Academy. Greg's first book, Investigating the Strauss Mansion, was published in 2014 by the Atlantic Highlands Historical Society. He recently had a second, Legends and Hauntings of the Jersey Bayshore, published in 2024 by Fonthill Media. Greg has also written for magazines such as Weird N.J. and Garden State Legacy. His work and research has been referenced in the New York Daily News, New York Times, Texas Monthly, Lancaster New Era, Asbury Park Press, NJ.Com, and Today.
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