Harold Bowyer Bull, sailor
David Harry researched and wrote this fantastic piece on his great, great, Uncle, Harold Bowyer Bull, who had sailed to Antarctica with Shackleton’s 1907-09 British Antarctic Expedition as a crew member on the S.Y. (Steam Yacht) Nimrod.
Where there’s a Wilkins, there’s a way
Stephen Wilkins is likely – but not certainly – a direct descendant of the pioneering Wilkins family. Stephen is most interested in Wilkins via his own experiences in the Southern Oceans. He has been present at talks when in Adelaide. I recently asked if he could...
Sue Hilliard’s Story
The Wilkins Foundation sometimes unearths wonderful stories. Here is something a new volunteer sent us about her father, Alan Parker, who was the Officer in Charge at Davis Base, Antarctica, in the year Sir Hubert Wilkins’s records were relocated in 1977. Sue is in...