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Saturday, June 27, 2015

How Ernest Shackleton inspired me to create a prizewinning picture book

William Grill, at 25 the youngest winner of the Kate Greenaway medal for 55 years, explains how he came up with the idea for Shackleton’s Journey

Related: William Grill, Kate Greenaway medal winner 2015 – in pictures

It was when leafing through a book of Frank Hurley’s expedition photographs that I was instantly transported 100 years back in time, to a frozen, barren land of ice. This was the initial spark. I’ve always loved a good adventure, so I suppose it was only a matter of time before I found Shackleton. I’d known his name, but I had never really given time to his story, the characters that made his Endurance expedition so extraordinary. What were these men doing? How on earth did they all get back safely? Possibly most importantly - why is it that we venture off to such faraway places?

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