Well. It was my daughter's fault really,
Or rather the fault of the UK curriculum.
In 2015 my daughter was going into year 4 at school. On the first day she bought home a piece of paper outlining what they would be learning about for the year, and one of the first topics- Shackleton and Polar exploration.
Brilliant!
It has always been well known in the family of our connection to John Vincent, and his role in the Endurance Expedition, but I didn't really know much about him.
At that time, the extent of my knowledge was from the books that said he was a bully, that he had been demoted twice as bos'un, and that he had been denied the polar medal by Shackleton, a blow which still causes arguments today.
A Controversial figure indeed!
I wanted my girl to go into school, and be able to tell everyone all about her great-great-grandfather.
And so, I started researching him more, and realized how misleading some of the comments are.
This blog has become a kind of diary to track my research into him.
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