Small wonder: brothers launch #ModelBoats to #circumnavigate #Antarctica

Ollie and Harry Ferguson from #Aberdeenshire took inspiration for 12,500-mile journey from #Ross #ScientificExpedition of 1839-43
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/17/small-wonder-brothers-launch-model-boats-to-circumnavigate-antarctica

[Due to their interest in #HMSTerror's & #HMSErebus's later exploits in the #Arctic, I thought @hugogirlpodcast might be especially interested?]
#Scots #Scotland

Went out in my lunch break and found the gravestone for William Orren and his parents

He's not buried here, as he was an able seaman on HMS Erebus, during the Franklin Expedition to find the Northwest passage in the 1840s.

The ship was abandoned by the crew in 1848, and was not found until 2014.

The gravestone is in Town Hall gardens, Chatham. The burials were moved from here to Maidstone Road cemetery, and the gravestones now stand against the wall.

#history #grave #HMSErebus #Erebus

Born #OTD in 1821: Lt James Walter Fairholme of #HMSErebus, who was lost with the rest of the #FranklinExpedition.

His family memorialised his life and death with a beautiful monument in Holy Trinity Church in the Scottish Borders town of Melrose.

@franklinexpedition @histodons