Heading South Sculpture
Hobart was the launching place for several Antarctic expeditions. The sculpture called Heading South commemorates Hobart as one of the last ports before Antarctic; a gate or entrance to Antarctica.
Hobart is still one of the launching places for Antarctica. The CSIRO often moors an ice-breaker here in Hobart.
Stephen Walker is a sculptor. Lives locally: Campania. On Franklin Wharf he has created an ensemble of sculptures called Heading South.
One section titled Seals and Penguins contains a plaque to James Clark Ross.
Another section is titled the Bernacchi Tribute. Bernacchi in 1899 was the first Australian to over winter in Antarctica.
James Clark Ross
1800: James Clark Ross was born.
1812: Enters the Royal Navy at age of 12.
1818: First Artic voyage. Went with his uncle Sir John Ross’s expedition. Looking for North-West passage.
1819-1827: Four Artic expeditions.
1831: His uncle Sir John Ross second Artic voyage.
1834: Promoted to captain in the British Navy.
1839-1843: His own Antarctic expedition charted most of the Antarctic coast. The Ross sea. Ross ice shelf.
1840: James Ross stops in Hobart to restock.
1848: James Ross led an expedition to rescue Sir John Franklin. Franklin was previously governor of Van Diemen’s land and was looking for the Northwest passage. James Ross’s search was unsuccessful.
1862: James Ross dies peacefully in England.
Louis Bernacchi
1876: Louis Bernacchi was born in Belgium.
1884: His Italian father established a vineyard on Maria Island. Louis went to school at Hutchins in Hobart.
1895: Began at the Melbourne Observatory. Studied the earth magnetic fields and meteorology. Became interested in Antarctic exploration. Wrote letter to newspapers about Antarctic exploration.
1898-1900: Joined Carstens Borchgrevink’s Southern Cross expedition as the physicist. It spent winter in the Antarctic.
1899: British Antarctic Expedition. The sculpture shows Louis Bernacchi taking a self-portrait of himself and his dog, Joe.
1901-1904: Bernacchi was the physicist on an expedition led by Robert Scott. He took a lot of magnetic observations.
1906: Robert Scott was best man at Bernacchi’s wedding.
1942: Bernacchi dies peacefully in England.
Photos
One photo of James Clark Ross.
The others relate to Louis Bernacchi. Some photos of the house and vineyard where he grew up. Maria Island.
Hobart is still one of the launching places for Antarctica. The CSIRO often moors an ice-breaker here in Hobart.
Stephen Walker is a sculptor. Lives locally: Campania. On Franklin Wharf he has created an ensemble of sculptures called Heading South.
One section titled Seals and Penguins contains a plaque to James Clark Ross.
Another section is titled the Bernacchi Tribute. Bernacchi in 1899 was the first Australian to over winter in Antarctica.
James Clark Ross
1800: James Clark Ross was born.
1812: Enters the Royal Navy at age of 12.
1818: First Artic voyage. Went with his uncle Sir John Ross’s expedition. Looking for North-West passage.
1819-1827: Four Artic expeditions.
1831: His uncle Sir John Ross second Artic voyage.
1834: Promoted to captain in the British Navy.
1839-1843: His own Antarctic expedition charted most of the Antarctic coast. The Ross sea. Ross ice shelf.
1840: James Ross stops in Hobart to restock.
1848: James Ross led an expedition to rescue Sir John Franklin. Franklin was previously governor of Van Diemen’s land and was looking for the Northwest passage. James Ross’s search was unsuccessful.
1862: James Ross dies peacefully in England.
Louis Bernacchi
1876: Louis Bernacchi was born in Belgium.
1884: His Italian father established a vineyard on Maria Island. Louis went to school at Hutchins in Hobart.
1895: Began at the Melbourne Observatory. Studied the earth magnetic fields and meteorology. Became interested in Antarctic exploration. Wrote letter to newspapers about Antarctic exploration.
1898-1900: Joined Carstens Borchgrevink’s Southern Cross expedition as the physicist. It spent winter in the Antarctic.
1899: British Antarctic Expedition. The sculpture shows Louis Bernacchi taking a self-portrait of himself and his dog, Joe.
1901-1904: Bernacchi was the physicist on an expedition led by Robert Scott. He took a lot of magnetic observations.
1906: Robert Scott was best man at Bernacchi’s wedding.
1942: Bernacchi dies peacefully in England.
Photos
One photo of James Clark Ross.
The others relate to Louis Bernacchi. Some photos of the house and vineyard where he grew up. Maria Island.