The Ship of Ice explained

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

The poem was produced on ABC radio in 1947. It was produced again in 1949.

External links

• The Ship of Ice at AustLit
• Part One, Part Two, Part Three at Sydney Morning Herald
• Ship of Ice at Ausstage

Notes and References

1. News: Contemporary Classic In "Ship Of Ice" . . 22,578 . New South Wales, Australia . 12 February 1949 . 24 October 2023 . 5 . National Library of Australia.
2. News: Rosemary Dobson Wins "Herald" Poetry Contest . . 34,026 . New South Wales, Australia . 11 January 1947 . 24 October 2023 . 3 . National Library of Australia.
3. News: Poems By Rosemary Dobson . . 91 . 28243 . South Australia . 16 April 1949 . 24 October 2023 . 8 . National Library of Australia.