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In January 1820, Edward Bransfield, from East Cork, master of a vessel called "Williams" became the first man to see, record and chart the continent we now call Antarctica. His maps and charts were later used by polar exploration legends Ernest Shackleton & Tom Crean, but Bransfields story has gone largely untold until recent years. He has now been formally recognised with a monument in his home village of Ballinacurra, near Midleton. For this episode, I went to the unveiling of the monument..