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Sunday Best: Antarctica

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At the age of 78, Nancy Kershaw set sail on her final attempt to reach the grave of her son Giles, a pioneering Antarctic pilot killed in a flying accident. Dilly Barlow accompanies her to Mount Kershaw, named in his honour, on the inaccessible Jones ice shelf on Blakelock Island, about 600 miles down the Antarctic Peninsula.

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Presenter:
Dilly Barlow
Subject:
Nancy Kershaw
Producer:
Sue Mitchell
Source: Radio Times

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