Lecture recreates the trials of Shackleton's Antarctic expedition

A lecture delivered by the doctor who served on Sir Ernest Shackleton's ill-fated 1914 Endurance expedition team will be recreated in Falmouth next week.

Geoff Selley, the official custodian of the talk, will reconstruct Dr Leonard Hussey's lecture at Falmouth's Maritime Museum.

Dr Hussey was part of the team led by Shackleton on the ship Endurance, heading to the Antarctic. However, because it was unsuited to the conditions, the ship became trapped in the ice and sank, and the crew were forced to live on the ice until their rescue in August 1916.

Using the doctor's original notes, Mr Selley will present the lecture as if he were Dr Hussey himself.

Entitled The Greatest Survival Story Ever Told, the lecture will be accompanied by slides reproduced from the original "magic-lantern" images taken by expedition photographer, Frank Hurley. Dr Hussey first presented this lecture on a tour across Britain on his return from the tragic Endurance expedition. It describes the team's incredible experiences in the icy waters of the Antarctic.

"The lecture goes back in an unbroken line nearly 80 years and, with the eerie glow of the magic lantern slide show, the listener will be transported back to the heroic age of Antarctic exploration," said Mr Selley.

The talk is part of a programme combining a lecture and lunch, which explores the historical and nautical themes. The lecture and set lunch is from 12.30pm at the National Maritime Museum Cornwall on Monday February 6 and costs £14.50. To book a place call 01326 214546.