Remembered Lives

Remembered Lives 1: Meet the Challenger Crew

Remembered Lives 1:
Meet the Challenger Crew

Remembered Lives 1: Meet the Challenger Crew For all its scientific achievements, accounts of the Challenger expedition (1872-76) still speak of the ‘anonymity’ and ‘unheard voices’ of the 200-odd crew who drove the ship along. Controversially, even the Report of the...

Remembered Lives 2: The Brave and Hardy Challenger Crew

Remembered Lives 2:
The Brave and Hardy Challenger Crew

Remembered Lives 2: The Brave and Hardy Challenger Crew Nearly half (45%) of the seamen who set out from Portsmouth on 21 December 1872 did not complete the voyage: they deserted, were hospitalised or invalided, while others died, were transferred or discharged for...