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GUEST,henryp	violin from Shackleton's floorboards (23)	RE: violin from Shackleton's floorboards	09 Jan 22
On the morning of 14 April 1916, land was finally sighted with Clarence and Elephant Islands visible some 30 miles away on the horizon. Under a calm and cloud-free sky the three boats ploughed on, inching closer until, the following morning, the Dudley Docker made a landing on the island’s shingle beach, the first solid ground the men had stood on in 497 days. Irish band The Difference Engine released their debut single 'Elephant Island' on February 15 2011, explorer Ernest Shackleton's birthday. Joe Dolan from Galway wrote a song about Shackleton's arrival in Stromness, the whaling base in South Georgia; My name is Shackleton. It was recorded by the Planxty of 1983 with Andy Irvine, Arty McGlynn, Dolores Keane, James Kelly, Bill Whelan and Liam O'Flynn.

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