{"id":1028,"date":"2011-02-20T13:27:55","date_gmt":"2011-02-20T13:27:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wildisland.gs\/cemswp\/hope-point-shackleton-memorial\/"},"modified":"2023-12-07T20:29:59","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T20:29:59","slug":"hope-point-shackleton-memorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wildisland.gs\/cemswp\/hope-point-shackleton-memorial\/","title":{"rendered":"Hope Point Shackleton Memorial"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Commemorates<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/wildisland.gs\/cemswp\/shackleton-ernest-henry\/\">SHACKLETON, Ernest Henry<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Died<\/td><td>5 January 1922<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Location<\/td><td>Hope Point, KEP<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sir Ernest died on board the vessel Quest, moored in King Edward Cove. His body was taken to Montevideo, and his shipmates built the memorial cairn on Hope Point with the cross. He was later buried in the cemetery at Grytviken (see the <a href=\"https:\/\/wildisland.gs\/cemswp\/shackleton-ernest-henry\/\">cemetery entry<\/a>). The memorial was moved a few feet during the second world war to make room for the defensive gun emplacement, which was later moved to the other side of the bay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"408\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/wildisland.gs\/cemswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/cems\/m02em.jpg\" alt=\"m02em\" class=\"wp-image-1027\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wildisland.gs\/cemswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/cems\/m02em.jpg 408w, https:\/\/wildisland.gs\/cemswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/cems\/m02em-300x294.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 408px) 100vw, 408px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"237\" src=\"https:\/\/wildisland.gs\/cemswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/cems\/m02dm.jpg\" alt=\"m02dm\" class=\"wp-image-1026\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2018\/19 the memorial cross was replaced due to rot. At the same time the cairn was rebuilt to more closely resemble the original.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A copper tube, hidden at the rear, holds (2020) a replica of the signed photgraph that was orignally left by the men of the Quest. The original can now be found at the Scott Polar Research Institue in Cambridge, UK. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"273\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/wildisland.gs\/cemswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hope-Point-group-_.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wildisland.gs\/cemswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hope-Point-group-_.jpg 273w, https:\/\/wildisland.gs\/cemswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hope-Point-group-_-137x300.jpg 137w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 273px) 100vw, 273px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A film clip showing the men building the original cairn can be seen at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.criticalpast.com\/video\/65675065873_Ernest-Shackletons-grave_men-around-grave_Antarctic-expedition_wreath-on-grave\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Critical Past website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/wildisland.gs\/cemswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/cems\/m02am.jpg\" alt=\"m02am\" class=\"wp-image-1023\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"164\" src=\"https:\/\/wildisland.gs\/cemswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/cems\/m02bm.jpg\" alt=\"m02bm\" class=\"wp-image-1024\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"395\" src=\"https:\/\/wildisland.gs\/cemswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/cems\/m02cm.jpg\" alt=\"m02cm\" class=\"wp-image-1025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wildisland.gs\/cemswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/cems\/m02cm.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wildisland.gs\/cemswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/cems\/m02cm-228x300.jpg 228w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Commemorates SHACKLETON, Ernest Henry Died 5 January 1922 Location Hope Point, KEP Sir Ernest died on board the vessel Quest, moored in King Edward Cove. His body was taken to Montevideo, and his shipmates built the memorial cairn on Hope Point with the cross. He was later buried in the cemetery at Grytviken (see the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3205,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"pgc_sgb_lightbox_settings":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-memorials"],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/wildisland.gs\/cemswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/PM000141-Refurbished-Hope-Point-Memorial.jpg",600,450,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/wildisland.gs\/cemswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/PM000141-Refurbished-Hope-Point-Memorial-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/wildisland.gs\/cemswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/PM000141-Refurbished-Hope-Point-Memorial-300x225.jpg",300,225,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/wildisland.gs\/cemswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/PM000141-Refurbished-Hope-Point-Memorial.jpg",600,450,false],"large":["https:\/\/wildisland.gs\/cemswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/PM000141-Refurbished-Hope-Point-Memorial.jpg",600,450,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/wildisland.gs\/cemswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/PM000141-Refurbished-Hope-Point-Memorial.jpg",600,450,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/wildisland.gs\/cemswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/PM000141-Refurbished-Hope-Point-Memorial.jpg",600,450,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"cems-admin","author_link":"https:\/\/wildisland.gs\/cemswp\/author\/cems-admin\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Commemorates SHACKLETON, Ernest Henry Died 5 January 1922 Location Hope Point, KEP Sir Ernest died on board the vessel Quest, moored in King Edward Cove. 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