Steven Walker's Bernacchi tribute which honours the Hobart - based scientist and photographer, who accompanied two of the earliest Antarctic Expeditions It’s a quiet Sunday morning in Hobart and I am down at Constitution Dock. To my right lies Australia’s Antarctic icebreaker, the Aurora Australis, and dead ahead is Tasmania’s tall masted wooden ship The Windward Bound. Ignoring for the moment the one or two modern buildings in the background, it’s not hard to imagine the excitement that would have prevailed on this wharf in the days of sail and steam Tall Ship in the Harbour - the Windward Bound Strolling north towards Hunter Street, I come upon Stephen Walker’s sculptures commemorating two of the many Antarctic expeditions which have departed from here. Reading the inscription I realise that I haven't heard of either of them. One is dedicated to English explorer James Clarke Ross, who sailed from Hobart in 1840 and sighted the coast...
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