The Ship of Ice is a 1946 Australian verse about Antartica by Rosemary Dobson.
According to one account "The story is of an English schooner, the Jenny, which sailed from Lima, Peru, in 1823 and was discovered 37 years later, frozen in an Antarctic ice pack. The skipper of a whaler, who discovered thle long-missing ship, went on board and found the bodies of the captain, his wife, and members of the crew perfectly preserved."[1]
It won the Sydney Morning Herald's 1946 Poetry Competition.[2]
The poem was published in a collection of Dobson's work in 1948.[3]
Radio version
editThe poem was produced on ABC radio in 1947.[4] It was produced again in 1949.[5]
References
edit- ^ "Contemporary Classic In "Ship Of Ice"". Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate. No. 22, 578. New South Wales, Australia. 12 February 1949. p. 5. Retrieved 24 October 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Rosemary Dobson Wins "Herald" Poetry Contest". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 34, 026. New South Wales, Australia. 11 January 1947. p. 3. Retrieved 24 October 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Poems By Rosemary Dobson". The Advertiser (Adelaide). Vol. 91, no. 28243. South Australia. 16 April 1949. p. 8. Retrieved 24 October 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "New South Wales Radio Programmes SUnday, June 1 A.B.C. Details", ABC Weekly, 9 (22), Sydney: Australian Broadcasting Commission, 31 May 1947, retrieved 24 October 2023 – via Trove
- ^ "Prize Poetess", ABC Weekly, 11 (5), Sydney: Australian Broadcasting Commission, 29 January 1949, retrieved 24 October 2023 – via Trove
External links
edit- The Ship of Ice at AustLit
- Part One, Part Two, Part Three at Sydney Morning Herald
- Ship of Ice at Ausstage