Stephen Venebles

Stephen Venables first visited South Georgia twenty five years ago, seeking something different after a decade of Himalayan expeditions culminating in a new route up Everest. He liked the sub-Antarctic island so much that he has since returned five times, drawn back by the thrill of sailing in the Southern Ocean, the stunning wildlife, the brilliant skiing and the chance to make first ascents on some of the most remote mountains on earth. South Georgia will always be associated with Ernest Shackleton’s desperate rescue mission after the loss of the Endurance in 1916. Having now retraced Shackleton’s legendary crossing of the island three times – on one occasion with Reinhold Messner and Conrad Anker, during the making of the Imax movie Shackleton’s Antarctic Adventure – Stephen brings alive one of the great escape stories of all time.

This event is being organised by The Northumbrian Mountaineering Club thenmc.org.uk at the Lecture Room of The Literary & Philosophical Society (Lit & Phil) in the heart of Newcastle. Parking is free of charge after 1700 at the Grainger Town MSCP.