Stephen Haddelsey

Stephen Haddelsey is a British author and historian specializing in Antarctic exploration. He earned his doctorate at the University of East Anglia, of which he is an Honorary Research Fellow. He is a fellow of both the Royal Geographical Society and the Royal Historical Society. Since 2015, he has worked at the University of Lincoln.

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 Aurora on the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914–17. Haddelsey is a distant relative of Frank Bickerton.

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)