Uploaded September 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
It was washed up on the rocks below the cliffs of Rothiesholm in 1808 and if it was a basking shark then it was fifteen feet longer than anything that has ever been recorded. Archive documents found in Edinburgh suggest that the story may have had an impact much further away, with information reaching Lord Byron in Geneva in the gloom of 1816, ‘Thear Without a Summer. Dr Howie Firth describes the work of Dr Yvonne Simpson in opening up clues to the mystery and the implications of the new developments for literature as well as science.
Start music: Excerpt from “Sunrise” by Zerøbeat – available on Bandcamp tinyurl.com/3xw6wvkw ©2022
End music: Excerpts from “Sunset” and “Sunrise” by Zerøbeat – available on Bandcamp tinyurl.com/3xw6wvkw ©2022
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Donations
All the online events in this year’s Festival are free of charge. If you are enjoying our online sessions, please consider supporting the Festival with a donation. Click the link below to donate and we thank you warmly for your support.
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It was washed up on the rocks below the cliffs of Rothiesholm in 1808 and if it was a basking shark then it was fifteen feet longer than anything that has ever been recorded. Archive documents found in Edinburgh suggest that the story may have had an impact much further away, with information reaching Lord Byron in Geneva in the gloom of 1816, ‘Thear Without a Summer. Dr Howie Firth describes the work of Dr Yvonne Simpson in opening up clues to the mystery and the implications of the new developments for literature as well as science.
Start music: Excerpt from “Sunrise” by Zerøbeat – available on Bandcamp tinyurl.com/3xw6wvkw ©2022
End music: Excerpts from “Sunset” and “Sunrise” by Zerøbeat – available on Bandcamp tinyurl.com/3xw6wvkw ©2022
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Donations
All the online events in this year’s Festival are free of charge. If you are enjoying our online sessions, please consider supporting the Festival with a donation. Click the link below to donate and we thank you warmly for your support.
paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_donations&business=orkneyscience%40gmail.com&item_name=To+help+covering+the+cost+of+this+year's+Orkney+International+Science+Festival¤cy_code=GBP&source=url
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