Shelley Gill In Antarctica
Shelley was a long-time friend of Norman Vaughan, a member of the original expedition team led by Admiral Byrd in 1928-1930 to the South Pole in Antarctica. She wrote a book (Adventure At the Bottom of the World) about Vaughan's return to Antarctica at age 89 to climb the peak named after him by Byrd six decades earlier.
Her friendship with Vaughan sparked Shelley's dreams of visiting Antarctica. In 2007, two years after Norman died at the age of 100, she took some of his ashes down to Marie Byrd Land and left them tumbling on an iceberg at 80°S 120°W. She sailed south with nine others aboard the sailboat Golden Fleece and spent six weeks wandering and exploring the peninsula meeting penguins and leopard seals in the wild.
Share Shelley's experiences exploring Antarctica by reading her blog about it, written as the experience was happening.
Norman Vaughan and Shelley Gill in Alaska
If you'd like your students to get a taste of what it's like to have an adventurous spirit while they learn about the environment at the same time, contact us about scheduling a visit from Shelley.