• 2 months ago
A wooden cross erected in memory of explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton more than a century ago has been unveiled in its new home after a near-8,000 mile journey from Antarctica.

Alexandra Shackleton, granddaughter of Sir Ernest Shackleton at the unveiling of the Hope Cross. Toast was by David Henry, Chair of Dundee Heritage Trust.

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00:00I'm going to add a little something here, which will take me back to this glass of whisky.
00:05In 2015, I was down on the ice going to the South Pole.
00:11And every night in our wee tent, which we shivered in our bags, we'd get a wee drama.
00:18And it was Shackleton's whisky. And guess what the toast was?
00:23It was Shackleton.
00:25I'm going to ask you to raise your glasses at the moment.
00:29If you've got one, just shout it.
00:32Alright?
00:34Toast is Shackleton.
00:42There we are. Now, are we going to do this together?
00:48One, two, three.
00:51Oooh!
00:54That's good.

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