It was foggy with a high probability of polar bears the morning we anchored off desolate Beechey Island and held our breath waiting to hear whether it was safe to go to shore. The tension mounted over breakfast for those who had sailed from Greenland to Nunavut with the dream of seeing the place where Sir John Franklin’s doomed Northwest Passage expedition spent the winter of
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Ridley Scott s The Terror , about ill-fated Franklin Expedition from Kent to Canada, starring Jared Harris plays on BBC iPlayer and BBC2
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Updated: 12:44, 05 March 2021
A horror-thriller about an Arctic expedition which set off from Kent but ended in tragedy has aired on BBC2.
Ridley Scott s The Terror delves into the doomed journeys of the HMS Erebus and HMS Terror which set sail from Greenhithe in 1845 on a mission to discover the allusive Northwest passage.
The HMS Terror and HMS Erebus. Picture: BBC Pictures
The show features BAFTA winner and Golden Globe nominee Jared Harris, who plays the role of polar explorer Francis Crozier.
More than 450 years of service from Kaitaia Volunteer Fire Brigade
14 Feb, 2021 04:00 PM
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Northern Advocate
The Kaitaia Volunteer Fire Brigade s 32 active firefighters have between them given 459 years of service to their community, averaging more than 14 years.
They are on track to reach their half-millennium next year.
The brigade has five members who have received Gold Stars for 25 years service, one double Gold Star holder (Colin Kitchen), and a sixth, Grant Baker, has done his 25 years and will receive his decoration in April.
The individual records are:
Kori Puckey three years, Sydnee Archer two, Tania Sparrey 20, Grant Libby 19, Nicola Walters eight, Dave Marquet 45, Danni Elliott four, Linda Archer nine, Bernadine Leef nine, Jeff Popata nine, John Hartnell two, Sean Frieling four, Darryl Smith six, Kelly Strong three, Dion Reid 17, Aaron Hartnell two, Phil Andresen four, Brian Shepherd 41 years, Adrian Gleadell nine, Kaye Ah Sam 13, Colin Kitchen 52,