Welcome to the 'Our Young Stowaway' blog. My name is Liam Maloney and I have worked with the Shackleton Exhibition since 2014. I maintain the Facebook page that contains all things polar and adventurous, particularly from the time known as the Golden Age of Antarctic Exploration. 

This blog shares a booklet that I wrote a few years ago about Perce Blackborow, the young Welsh man who stowed away aboard Shackleton's ship, the Endurance, when she left Buenos Aires in 1914 bound for the Antarctic region. Perce's story is a strong favourite with fans of the wider Shackleton expeditions and makes for great research. 

I hope you enjoy reading about Perce's life before, during and after Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition.