Edward Bransfield (1785-1852): Forgotten Irish Antarctic Explorer
Edward Bransfield (1785-1852): Forgotten Irish Antarctic Explorer He was born in the small village of Ballinacurra, near Midleton, Co. Cork. At a young age while on a fishing boat with his father he was press-ganged into the British navy, in need of reinforcements, by the frigate Dryad in 1803. He was brought to the Plymouth naval base from which he served for eleven years on various warships, not seeing Cork again until 1814. His remarkable aptitude as a seaman…
