National Geographic photographer Paul Nicklen's YouTube video "Face-Off With a Deadly Predator," an account of his scary encounter with a leopard seal in the Antarctic, has been downloaded more than a million times. Have a look at this amazing piece of footage...
Leopard Sea "Face off"
Tom McManamon
New Horizon Expeditions
www.newhorizon.ie | +353 (0) 1 2883385
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
World Leading Polar Expedition Operator
We are proud to announces that our partners, Oceanwide Expeditions has won the World Travel Award 2009 in the category World's Leading Polar Expedition Operator. The presentation of this international prize took place during a spectacular gala performance in London on Sunday 8 November, 2009.It was the second time that this prestigious award was categorized by the World Travel Awards Committee. The first time was in 2005 and Oceanwide Expeditions was also the winner of the contest.
I look forward to many more years of Polar travel to the Arctic and Antarctic with Oceanwide.
You can follow our next New Horizon Expedition to Antarctica here on this blog. We will depart Dublin on January 23rd for Buenos Aires and then on to Ushuaia where we board the M/V Plancius on 26th January and make our way South to the Great White Continent of Antarctica.
Tom McManamon
New Horizon Expeditions
www.newhorizon.ie | +353 (0) 1 2883385
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Nearest the South Pole
14 December 2009, 8.30pm - Kevin Barry Room - National Concert Hall, Dublin
Featuring Jonathan Shackleton, Michael Holohan, Donal O'Kelly, Simon O'Dwyer, Peter Sirr and Joseph Woods.
A Multi-Media event commemorating ' Nearest the South Pole' a lecture by Sir Ernest Shackleton based on The Nimrod South Pole Expedition given in the University Buildings (now The National Concert Hall) , Earlsfort Terrace on December 14th 1909.
This commemorative evening will include Jonathan Shackleton's presentation about the Antarctic, rare recording of Ernest Shackleton's own voice, readings from the archives of the 1909 Irish Times, poetry by Derek Mahon, Bill Manhire, T.S. Eliot, Claire Benyon, Peter Sirr and Leland Bardwell read by Peter Sirr and Joseph Woods and a new work by Michael Holohan, ' Where a single footprint lasts a thousand years' - a piece of music-theatre performed by Donal O' Kelly, Simon O 'Dwyer and Michael Holohan.
Tom McManamon
New Horizon Expeditions
www.newhorizon.ie | +353 (0) 1 2883385
Featuring Jonathan Shackleton, Michael Holohan, Donal O'Kelly, Simon O'Dwyer, Peter Sirr and Joseph Woods.
A Multi-Media event commemorating ' Nearest the South Pole' a lecture by Sir Ernest Shackleton based on The Nimrod South Pole Expedition given in the University Buildings (now The National Concert Hall) , Earlsfort Terrace on December 14th 1909.
This commemorative evening will include Jonathan Shackleton's presentation about the Antarctic, rare recording of Ernest Shackleton's own voice, readings from the archives of the 1909 Irish Times, poetry by Derek Mahon, Bill Manhire, T.S. Eliot, Claire Benyon, Peter Sirr and Leland Bardwell read by Peter Sirr and Joseph Woods and a new work by Michael Holohan, ' Where a single footprint lasts a thousand years' - a piece of music-theatre performed by Donal O' Kelly, Simon O 'Dwyer and Michael Holohan.
Tom McManamon
New Horizon Expeditions
www.newhorizon.ie | +353 (0) 1 2883385
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
EPA Ireland Lecture Series - Lecture 10
This is another in the really great series of lectures being organised by the EPA. There has been a great response to these and if you are interested you should register asap. You can also have a look a some of the previous lectures here on the EPA website
Speaker: Professor Jean-Pascal van Ypersele, Head of Climatology and Environmental Sciences, University Catholique de Louvain. He is Vice-Chair of IPCC and has participated in United Nations conferences on climate change issues as scientific advisor. A hugely busy expert on climate change, we are very fortunate that he is able to come to Dublin ahead of the Copenhagen Summit in December.
Lecture Date: Tuesday 24th November 2009, 6.30 p.m. - 8.30 p.m at the Mansion House, Dublin 2.
Attendance is free, but advance booking is essential.
Please feel free to circulate this information as widely as possible to relevant colleagues.
Booking and enquiries to Clara Clark, Tel 01-289 8533.
Email: clara@claraclark.ie with Climate Change 24 Nov in the subject line.
PLEASE BOOK EARLY TO SECURE YOUR PLACE
Tom McManamon
New Horizon Expeditions
www.newhorizon.ie | +353 (0) 1 2883385Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Treaty tribute to Irish polar explorers
IRELAND IS to subscribe to the international Antarctic Treaty as a tribute to Sir Ernest Shackleton, Tom Crean and other Irish polar explorers.
The commitment, included in the new programme for government, has been welcomed by Green Party TD Mary White, who spoke at the Ernest Shackleton Autumn School in Athy, Co Kildare, at the weekend.
The commitment, included in the new programme for government, has been welcomed by Green Party TD Mary White, who spoke at the Ernest Shackleton Autumn School in Athy, Co Kildare, at the weekend.
Ms White intends to meet Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheál Martin early next month with a view to expediting the commitment.
“Now Ireland can hold its head up in joining some 47 states which support conservation,” the Carlow-Kilkenny TD said.
The Antarctic Treaty will be 50 years old on December 1st, and 47 states representing more than 80 per cent of the world’s population support the agreement. It was written by 12 countries involved in Antarctic research to maintain the region as a “continent for science”, to protect its environment and ensure it was a non-military zone under a “Pax Antarctica”.
Six y
ears ago, the Ernest Shackleton Autumn School passed the first of six resolutions proposing tha
t Ireland sign the agreement.
In 2007, the Government provided funds to the Antarctic Heritage Trust in New Zealand to conserve the huts on Ross Island used by Shackleton and Robert Scott.
“It would be terrific if we can have this signed by 2010,” Ms White said, “and I would hope that people who have campaigned for this, including Jonathan Shackleton, Chris Wilson and Séamus Taaffe of the Ernest Shackleton Autumn School, would be present for the occasion.”
Source: Irish Times, 26 Oct. 2009 - LORNA SIGGINS
To see a copy of the Antarctic Treaty text click the link below. You will also find a link to a copy of the original document signed in 1959 .
Tom McManamon
New Horizon Expeditions
www.newhorizon.ie | +353 (0) 1 2883385Friday, October 23, 2009
Clocks go back
Tom McManamon New Horizon ExpeditionsHi there, Just a reminder that day light saving ends this weekend. Don't forget to change your clock, winter's here!
Clocks go back at 2am (to 1am) on Sunday 25th October.Enjoy the winter season. The penguins are looking forward to their summer way down south!
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Antarctica 2010
Planning for our expedition voyage to Antarctica is well under way. Our ship the M/V Plancius is in great condition after a completely new refit. I visited last week to see the progress. I've included some photos below.
I intend to update the blog with more details as we get closer to our departure date. I'll also update each day during our voyage so if you would like to monitor our progress and take a look at some daily reports then follow this blog.
I'll be putting up details of some other great trips we have lined up for 2010 including a Polar Bear trip to Spitsbergen, a whale safari to St. Kilda, Faroes, Jan Mayen and Spitsbergen as well as a planned expedition trip to South Georgia where a team of walkers will aim to repeat the South Georgia Traverse undertaken by Ernest Shackleton, Tom Crean & Frank Worsley during their epic expedition in 1916.
So lots of great stuff happening over the coming few months.
OK back to Antarctica 2010. We will be leaving Dublin on January 23rd, making our way to Buenos Aires and then on to Uhsuaia in Tierra del Fuego where we board ship for our voyage down to Antarctica.
This is our ship, the M/V Plancius
We will be spending 7 days around the peninsula visiting penguin colonies, reaseach stations and other sites of interest. We will be there during whale season too so hoping to spot some giants of the sea while we are there. If you want to keep up to date then follow us. More to come...
I intend to update the blog with more details as we get closer to our departure date. I'll also update each day during our voyage so if you would like to monitor our progress and take a look at some daily reports then follow this blog.
I'll be putting up details of some other great trips we have lined up for 2010 including a Polar Bear trip to Spitsbergen, a whale safari to St. Kilda, Faroes, Jan Mayen and Spitsbergen as well as a planned expedition trip to South Georgia where a team of walkers will aim to repeat the South Georgia Traverse undertaken by Ernest Shackleton, Tom Crean & Frank Worsley during their epic expedition in 1916.
So lots of great stuff happening over the coming few months.
OK back to Antarctica 2010. We will be leaving Dublin on January 23rd, making our way to Buenos Aires and then on to Uhsuaia in Tierra del Fuego where we board ship for our voyage down to Antarctica.
This is our ship, the M/V Plancius
We will be spending 7 days around the peninsula visiting penguin colonies, reaseach stations and other sites of interest. We will be there during whale season too so hoping to spot some giants of the sea while we are there. If you want to keep up to date then follow us. More to come...
Tom McManamon
New Horizon Expeditions
www.newhorizon.ie | +353 (0) 1 2883385
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