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'''Stephen Haddelsey''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|FRGS|FRHS}} is a British author and historian specializing in [[Antarctica|Antarctic]] exploration. He earned his doctorate at the [[University of East Anglia]], of which he is an Honorary Research Fellow.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uea.ac.uk/history/people/profile/s-haddelsey|title=Stephen Haddelsey|publisher=University of East Anglia}}</ref> He is a fellow of both the [[Royal Geographical Society]] and the [[Royal Historical Society]].<ref>{{cite web|date=22 February 2017|title=Fellows of the Royal Historical Society (H)|url=http://5hm1h4aktue2uejbs1hsqt31.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/RHS-Fellows-H.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170222195849/http://5hm1h4aktue2uejbs1hsqt31.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/RHS-Fellows-H.pdf|archive-date=22 February 2017|publisher=}}</ref> Since 2015, he has worked at the [[University of Lincoln]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staff.lincoln.ac.uk/shaddelsey|title=Dr Stephen Haddelsey|access-date=22 February 2017|publisher=University of Lincoln}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=Armitstead|first=Claire|date=14 October 2018|title=How the 'blues' of polar heroes throws light on Sad syndrome|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/oct/13/polar-explorers-sad-syndrome-sufferers-new-book|access-date=7 November 2021}}</ref>
==Early writings==
Haddelsey's first book was a critical reappraisal of the novels of the nineteenth century Anglo-Irish writer [[Charles Lever]] (1806–72), published in 2000 under the title ''Charles Lever: The Lost Victorian''.
==Antarctic research==
Haddelsey is the author of several books on the history of British and Commonwealth Antarctic exploration, including biographies of [[Frank Bickerton]], mechanical engineer on the [[Australasian Antarctic Expedition]] of 1911-14 and [[Joseph Russell Stenhouse]], who commanded the [[SY Aurora|''Aurora'']] on the [[Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition]] of 1914–17. Haddelsey is a distant relative of Frank Bickerton.<ref name=":0" /> More recently, Haddelsey has focused on "post-Heroic" expeditions, including [[Operation Tabarin]] and the [[Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition]] of 1955-58, led by [[Sir Vivian Fuchs]]. He has edited and introduced Andrew Taylor's ''Two Years Below the Horn: A Personal Memoir of Operation Tabarin'', which was published by The Erskine Press in 2017.
He is also a contributor to the ''Polar Record'' ([[Cambridge University Press]]).
==Awards==
In 2016, ''Operation Tabarin: Britain's Secret Wartime Expedition to Antarctica, 1944-46'' was awarded the Manitoba Day Award, "which recognizes users of archives who have completed an original work of excellence which contributes to the understanding of Manitoba history".<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://uofmpress.ca/blog/entry/martynowych-mccallum-win-manitoba-day-awards|title=Martynowych & McCallum win Manitoba Day Awards|publisher=University of Manitoba Press|date=30 March 2016}}</ref>
==Partial bibliography== *''Operation Tabarin: Britain's Secret Wartime Expedition to Antarctica, 1944-46'' (The History Press, 2014) - With Alan Carroll *''Shackleton's Dream: Fuchs, Hillary & the Crossing of Antarctica'' (The History Press, 2012) *''Ice Captain: The Life of J.R. Stenhouse'' (Sutton Publishing, 2008) *''Born Adventurer: The Life of Frank Bickerton, Antarctic Pioneer'' (Sutton Publishing, 2005) *''Charles Lever: The Lost Victorian'' (Colin Smythe Ltd, 2000) *''Icy Graves: Exploration and Death in the Antarctic'' (The History Press, 2018)
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