Biologists succeed in winning all the 2014 Shackleton Academic Awards

 The Centenary Scholarship which marks the 100^th Anniversary of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Trans- Antarctic Endurance expedition has been awarded to Dr Alastair Baylis, an Australian scientist, for his sea lion project: “Rediscovering Falklands Ocean Sentinels”.

 Four academic scholarships have been awarded by the Shackleton Scholarship Fund (SSF) for 2013, covering scientific and historical subjects.

Earlier this year the Shackleton Scholarship Fund awarded one-off funding of gbp500 per person to academics Klaus Dodds and Alasdair Pinkerton to enable them to cover the Referendum held in March 2013 which gave Falkland Islands the oppportunity to vote on whether to keep the status quo of being a British Overseas Territory or not.   The overwhelming 98.8% yes response and the high turn out was testament to the strength of feeling of the Islanders in determining our own future.   The logistics of the Referendum were impressively organised and were praised by the team of international observers.  

Dodds' and Pinkerton's report can be accessed from the List of Scholars on this website.

Dr Alastair Baylis, formerly of Falklands Conservation, was awarded an Academic Scholarship of £2000 in 2012.  An initial report on his research is available for viewing on the Scholars List on this website, but here are a few photos illustrating this research.   Many thanks to Jackie Bennett and Rachael Orben for the photos.

Folk singer and songwriter Marc Block was awarded a Shackleton Scholarship Fund Quality of Life Award in 2012 and spent around 5 weeks in the Falklands in early 2013 sharing his music.   Marc takes on the story ...

"My five weeks in the Falkland Islands were filled with performances and encounters with wonderfully welcoming and friendly people. Most performances were planned, but I had the pleasure of doing a number of impromptu shows, including busking at the jetty on a cruise ship day and reportedly being the first ever busker on the Islands."

 The Committee of the Shackleton Scholarship Fund announce that an exceptional or ‘flagship’ scholarship worth £10,000 will be awarded to mark the centenary of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Endurance expedition, which set out in August 1914.

The scholarship will be open to individual scholars or teams of research workers from any country in the world who propose to undertake research at a post-graduate level, in the natural or social sciences of particular relevance to the countries of the South Atlantic in particular the Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the British Antarctic Territories.

 2014 marks the centenary of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Endurance Expedition setting out for Antarctica. To mark the anniversary, the Shackleton Scholarship Fund is offering a “flagship” scholarship worth £10,000 (currently equivalent to US$15,000) for research in the natural or social sciences of relevance to the countries of the South Atlantic, in particular the Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the British Antarctic Territories.

 The Falklands Archery Association welcomed Tony Drabble whose flight was kindly sponsored by The Shackleton Scholarship Fund arrived in the Islands towards the end of October 2012. Tony was accompanied by Steve Yates from Guernsey who took up the opportunity to visit the Islands for a week and assisted with coaching and equipment checks and adjustments.

The ladies of Stanley Netball Club (athough the Club is open to men as well) recently benefitted from some professional coaching ...   ffrm