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Mark Cottle was born on the Isles of Scilly and educated at Truro School, Cornwall and Birmingham University where he graduated with an MA in late medieval society and culture. His career has been spent in teaching, training and lecturing at home and abroad. He has been with The Arts Society since 2007 and has spoken widely in England, Wales and Scotland. He has also toured in the Isle of Man, Berlin (Arts Society) and in 2023 for a month in Australia for Australian Decorative Fine Arts Society
Mark’s talk captures Frank Hurley’s achievements as a photographer of the Antarctic. In 1914 Ernest Shackleton’s third Antarctic expedition with the Endurance was thwarted by the ship becoming crushed in pack ice. The crew camped on ice for five months, walked over inhospitable terrain. Shackleton sailed a further 800 miles to South Georgia to seek help for his crew. It is an epic tale, and these photographs are a visual narrative of this journey.
See https://www.dfasnz.org.nz/hawkes-bay/ for more details and/ or to book a place or email us hbdfas@gmail.com.
We are a membership society but if you’d like to come to a talk and see if the society interests you, please consider attending as a guest. Guests can attend a maximum of 2 talks a year. There is a fee of $25 / $10 for students which includes wine, tea or coffee, sandwiches and something sweet, all served afterwards and enjoyed whilst talking to Mark and others. Please arrive at the Magdalinos Room, Havelock North Function Centre, 30 Te Mata Road, Havelock North to be seated by 6:50pm as we start promptly at 7pm.
