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90-609: Ulu Peninsula' forms the northwest of James Ross Island . It is separated from Trinity Peninsula , at the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula to the west, by the Prince Gustav Channel . Vega Island is to the east of the peninsula. Ulu Peninsula was named descriptively by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1987. In plan view the cove is shaped like an ulu ,

180-477: A N-S direction for about 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi), its high point rising to 645 metres (2,116 ft) high, standing 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) south-southwest of Cape Lachman. Surveyed by the FIDS in 1945, and named after Cape Lachman. 63°49′S 57°53′W  /  63.817°S 57.883°W  / -63.817; -57.883 . A col at about 175 metres (574 ft) high near

270-445: A change of editors at the newspaper; Kay Robinson , the new editor, allowed more creative freedom and Kipling was asked to contribute short stories to the newspaper. In an article printed in the Chums boys' annual, an ex-colleague of Kipling's stated that "he never knew such a fellow for ink – he simply revelled in it, filling up his pen viciously, and then throwing the contents all over

360-547: A couple who boarded children of British nationals living abroad. For the next six years (from October 1871 to April 1877), the children lived with the couple – Captain Pryse Agar Holloway, once an officer in the merchant navy , and Sarah Holloway – at their house, Lorne Lodge, 4 Campbell Road, Southsea. Kipling referred to the place as "the House of Desolation". In his autobiography published 65 years later, Kipling recalled

450-500: A decanter across a friendly dinner table." By January 1896, he had decided to end his family's "good wholesome life" in the U.S. and seek their fortunes elsewhere. A family dispute became the final straw. For some time, relations between Carrie and her brother Beatty Balestier had been strained, owing to his drinking and insolvency. In May 1896, an inebriated Beatty encountered Kipling on the street and threatened him with physical harm. The incident led to Beatty's eventual arrest, but in

540-522: A large number of young seals was observed near the mouth of the bay. The holluschickie were the young seals in Rudyard Kipling's story "The White Seal" in the Jungle Book. 63°56′S 58°09′W  /  63.933°S 58.150°W  / -63.933; -58.150 . A hill rising to 665 metres (2,182 ft) high west of Carro Pass. The name derives from Cerro Virgen de las Nieves (Virgin of

630-401: A letter: "A little maple began it, flaming blood-red of a sudden where he stood against the dark green of a pine-belt. Next morning there was an answering signal from the swamp where the sumacs grow. Three days later, the hill-sides as fast as the eye could range were afire, and the roads paved, with crimson and gold. Then a wet wind blew, and ruined all the uniforms of that gorgeous army; and

720-523: A mere four years he produced, along with the Jungle Books , a book of short stories ( The Day's Work ), a novel ( Captains Courageous ), and a profusion of poetry, including the volume The Seven Seas . The collection of Barrack-Room Ballads was issued in March 1892, first published individually for the most part in 1890, and contained his poems " Mandalay " and " Gunga Din ". He especially enjoyed writing

810-474: A month each Christmas with a maternal aunt Georgiana ("Georgy") and her husband, Edward Burne-Jones , at their house, The Grange, in Fulham , London, which Kipling called "a paradise which I verily believe saved me". In the spring of 1877, Alice returned from India and removed the children from Lorne Lodge. Kipling remembers "Often and often afterwards, the beloved Aunt would ask me why I had never told any one how I

900-521: A phrase in Haggard's Nada the Lily , combined with the echo of this tale. After blocking out the main idea in my head, the pen took charge, and I watched it begin to write stories about Mowgli and animals, which later grew into the two Jungle Books ." With Josephine's arrival, Bliss Cottage was felt to be congested, so eventually the couple bought land – 10 acres (4.0 ha) on a rocky hillside overlooking

990-526: A skating rink. 63°53′S 58°09′W  /  63.883°S 58.150°W  / -63.883; -58.150 . A bay between Rink Point and Stoneley Point. The bay was almost surely discovered by Otto Nordenskjöld of the SwedAE in 1903, who roughly mapped this area and showed small bays in this position. It was surveyed by FIDS in 1945 and 1952, and later called "Caleta Santa Eduvigis" on an unpublished Argentine Antarctic Expedition map, about 1959. Named by

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1080-672: A small stream into the deep bay 4 nautical miles (7.4 km; 4.6 mi) south of Lagrelius Point. Discovered in 1945 by the FIDS, who so named it because it is obscured by surrounding highlands. 64°02′S 58°12′W  /  64.033°S 58.200°W  / -64.033; -58.200 . An ice-covered, flat-topped mountain with rock exposures, 740 metres (2,430 ft) high, located east of Hidden Lake on Ulu Peninsula. Following BAS geological work, 1985-86, named by UK-APC after Doctor Eric H. Back, Lieutenant RNVR, medical officer on Operation Tabarin at Port Lockroy, 1943-44, and Hope Bay, 1944–45. Central features, from Lagrelius Point in

1170-519: A subsequent visit to this bay by a FIDS party in 1952, there was a discussion as to whether medicinal brandy should be used as treatment for a dog bite. The name arose naturally from this incident. 63°48′S 57°57′W  /  63.800°S 57.950°W  / -63.800; -57.950 . A steep rocky point with snow slopes falling away inland, at the northeast corner of Brandy Bay. Named by UK-APC for John S. Bibby, FIDS geologist at Hope Bay, 1958-59. Northeast features, from Stickle Ridge in

1260-530: A total of 41 stories, some quite long. In addition, as The Pioneer ' s special correspondent in the western region of Rajputana , he wrote many sketches that were later collected in Letters of Marque and published in From Sea to Sea and Other Sketches, Letters of Travel . Kipling was discharged from The Pioneer in early 1889 after a dispute. By this time, he had been increasingly thinking of his future. He sold

1350-651: A two-hour conversation with him on trends in Anglo-American literature and about what Twain was going to write in a sequel to Tom Sawyer , with Twain assuring Kipling that a sequel was coming, although he had not decided upon the ending: either Sawyer would be elected to Congress or he would be hanged. Twain also passed along the literary advice that an author should "get your facts first and then you can distort 'em as much as you please." Twain, who rather liked Kipling, later wrote of their meeting: "Between us, we cover all knowledge; he covers all that can be known and I cover

1440-427: A type of knife traditionally used by Inuit women. Download coordinates as: Features to the southwest of Holluschickie Bay include, from south to north, 64°06′S 58°21′W  /  64.100°S 58.350°W  / -64.100; -58.350 . An irregularly shaped system of crags with arms extending in four directions, rising to 650 metres (2,130 ft) high east of Rum Cove. Named descriptively by

1530-590: Is not easy. I have known a certain amount of bullying , but this was calculated torture – religious as well as scientific. Yet it made me give attention to the lies I soon found it necessary to tell: and this, I presume, is the foundation of literary effort." Trix fared better at Lorne Lodge; Mrs Holloway apparently hoped that Trix would eventually marry the Holloways' son. The two Kipling children, however, had no relatives in England they could visit, except that they spent

1620-545: Is notable for an exposure of volcanic rocks and probable glacial beds of Pliocene age. Named by the UK-APC, 1987, after Alfred Thomas Berry, Chief Steward in Discovery II, 1929-39; in charge of stores on Operation Tabarin at Port Lockroy, 1943-44, and Hope Bay, 1944-45. 63°47′S 57°47′W  /  63.783°S 57.783°W  / -63.783; -57.783 . Cape marking the north tip of James Ross Island. Discovered by

1710-455: Is the largest outcrop of hard intrusive rock on James Ross Island. Named by UK-APC for its resemblance to a palisade. 64°03′S 58°25′W  /  64.050°S 58.417°W  / -64.050; -58.417 . A cove indenting the northwest coast of James Ross Island to the north of Tumbledown Cliffs. In association with the names of other alcoholic spirits on this coast, named Gin Cove by

1800-615: The Civil and Military Gazette in Lahore and The Pioneer in Allahabad . The former, which was the newspaper Kipling was to call his "mistress and most true love", appeared six days a week throughout the year, except for one-day breaks for Christmas and Easter. Stephen Wheeler, the editor, worked Kipling hard, but Kipling's need to write was unstoppable. In 1886, he published his first collection of verse, Departmental Ditties . That year also brought

1890-530: The British Antarctic Survey (BAS), 1981-83, named by the UK-APC after Jonathan R. Ineson, BAS geologist in the area. 64°04′S 58°15′W  /  64.067°S 58.250°W  / -64.067; -58.250 . A substantial rock nunatak just north of Rohss Bay and 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) southeast of Hidden Lake. Mapped from surveys by FIDS (1960-61). This distinctive ridge-backed nunatak with vertical columnar structure

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1980-668: The Connecticut River – from Carrie's brother Beatty Balestier and built their own house. Kipling named this Naulakha , in honour of Wolcott and of their collaboration, and this time the name was spelt correctly. From his early years in Lahore (1882–87), Kipling had become enamoured with the Mughal architecture , especially the Naulakha pavilion situated in Lahore Fort , which eventually inspired

2070-755: The English Channel . Although Kipling did not much care for his new house, whose design, he claimed, left its occupants feeling dispirited and gloomy, he managed to remain productive and socially active. Kipling was now a famous man, and in the previous two or three years had increasingly been making political pronouncements in his writings. The Kiplings had welcomed their first son, John , in August 1897. Kipling had begun work on two poems, " Recessional " (1897) and " The White Man's Burden " (1899), which were to create controversy when published. Regarded by some as anthems for enlightened and duty-bound empire-building (capturing

2160-724: The Gazette ' s larger sister newspaper, The Pioneer , in Allahabad in the United Provinces , where he worked as assistant editor and lived in Belvedere House from 1888 to 1889. Kipling's writing continued at a frenetic pace. In 1888, he published six collections of short stories: Soldiers Three , The Story of the Gadsbys , In Black and White , Under the Deodars , The Phantom Rickshaw , and Wee Willie Winkie . These contain

2250-488: The Gazette . "My month's leave at Simla, or whatever Hill Station my people went to, was pure joy – every golden hour counted. It began in heat and discomfort, by rail and road. It ended in the cool evening, with a wood fire in one's bedroom, and next morn – thirty more of them ahead! – the early cup of tea, the Mother who brought it in, and the long talks of us all together again. One had leisure to work, too, at whatever play-work

2340-727: The International Whaling Commission , 1949-59, and President of the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea, 1952-55. 64°03′S 57°51′W  /  64.050°S 57.850°W  / -64.050; -57.850 . A high spur trending east-southeast from Dobson Dome. Following geological work by BAS, 1985-86, named by the UK-APC after John Blyth, cook on Operation Tabarin at Port Lockroy, 1943^4, and Hope Bay, 1944-45. Northwest features, from Rink Point in

2430-486: The Jungle Books and also corresponding with many children who wrote to him about them. The writing life in Naulakha was occasionally interrupted by visitors, including his father , who visited soon after his retirement in 1893, and the British writer Arthur Conan Doyle , who brought his golf clubs, stayed for two days, and gave Kipling an extended golf lesson. Kipling seemed to take to golf, occasionally practising with

2520-509: The Monroe Doctrine ). This raised hackles in Britain, and the situation grew into a major Anglo-American crisis , with talk of war on both sides. Although the crisis eased into greater United States–British co-operation, Kipling was bewildered by what he felt was persistent anti-British sentiment in the U.S., especially in the press. He wrote in a letter that it felt like being "aimed at with

2610-773: The Shot tower walked up and down with his traffic." In the next two years, he published a novel, The Light That Failed , had a nervous breakdown , and met an American writer and publishing agent, Wolcott Balestier , with whom he collaborated on a novel, The Naulahka (a title which he uncharacteristically misspelt; see below). In 1891, as advised by his doctors, Kipling took another sea voyage, to South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and once again India. He cut short his plans to spend Christmas with his family in India when he heard of Balestier's sudden death from typhoid fever and decided to return to London immediately. Before his return, he had used

2700-413: The oaks , who had held themselves in reserve, buckled on their dull and bronzed cuirasses and stood it out stiffly to the last blown leaf, till nothing remained but pencil-shadings of bare boughs, and one could see into the most private heart of the woods." In February 1896, Elsie Kipling was born, the couple's second daughter. By this time, according to several biographers, their marital relationship

2790-505: The telegram to propose to, and be accepted by, Wolcott's sister, Caroline Starr Balestier (1862–1939), called "Carrie", whom he had met a year earlier, and with whom he had apparently been having an intermittent romance. Meanwhile, late in 1891, a collection of his short stories on the British in India, Life's Handicap , was published in London. On 18 January 1892, Carrie Balestier (aged 29) and Rudyard Kipling (aged 26) married in London, in

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2880-814: The "thick of an influenza epidemic, when the undertakers had run out of black horses and the dead had to be content with brown ones." The wedding was held at All Souls Church in Langham Place , central London. Henry James gave away the bride. Kipling and his wife settled upon a honeymoon that took them first to the United States (including a stop at the Balestier family estate near Brattleboro, Vermont ) and then to Japan. On arriving in Yokohama , they discovered that their bank, The New Oriental Banking Corporation , had failed. Taking this loss in their stride, they returned to

2970-655: The 19th century for people of British origin living in India] and so too would their son, though he spent the bulk of his life elsewhere. Complex issues of identity and national allegiance would become prominent in his fiction." Kipling referred to such conflicts. For example: "In the afternoon heats before we took our sleep, she (the Portuguese ayah , or nanny) or Meeta (the Hindu bearer , or male attendant) would tell us stories and Indian nursery songs all unforgotten, and we were sent into

3060-518: The Copybook Headings " (1919), " The White Man's Burden " (1899), and " If— " (1910). He is seen as an innovator in the art of the short story. His children's books are classics; one critic noted "a versatile and luminous narrative gift". Kipling in the late 19th and early 20th centuries was among the United Kingdom's most popular writers. Henry James said "Kipling strikes me personally as

3150-585: The European empires recedes, he is recognised as an incomparable, if controversial, interpreter of how empire was experienced. That, and an increasing recognition of his extraordinary narrative gifts, make him a force to be reckoned with." Rudyard Kipling was born on 30 December 1865 in Bombay in the Bombay Presidency of British India , to Alice Kipling (born MacDonald) and John Lockwood Kipling . Alice (one of

3240-613: The Pacific, "I had left the innocent East far behind.... Weeping softly for O-Toyo.... O-Toyo was a darling." Kipling then travelled through the United States, writing articles for The Pioneer that were later published in From Sea to Sea and Other Sketches, Letters of Travel . Starting his North American travels in San Francisco, Kipling went north to Portland, Oregon , then Seattle , Washington, up to Victoria and Vancouver , British Columbia, through Medicine Hat , Alberta, back into

3330-516: The Snows hill) applied by Argentine Antarctic Expeditions, 1978. A more concise English form of the name has been approved. 63°57′S 58°07′W  /  63.950°S 58.117°W  / -63.950; -58.117 . A gently sloping snow pass linking Holluschickie Bay and the bay between Rink Point and Stoneley Point. Named for Capitaín Ignacio Carro of the Argentine Army, who first traversed

3420-462: The South Transept of Westminster Abbey . Kipling's subsequent reputation has changed with the political and social climate of the age. The contrasting views of him continued for much of the 20th century. Literary critic Douglas Kerr wrote: "[Kipling] is still an author who can inspire passionate disagreement and his place in literary and cultural history is far from settled. But as the age of

3510-860: The SwedAE, 1901-04, under Otto Nordenskjöld, who named it for J. Lachman, a patron of the expedition. [REDACTED]  This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Geological Survey . James Ross Island Too Many Requests If you report this error to the Wikimedia System Administrators, please include the details below. Request from 172.68.168.150 via cp1114 cp1114, Varnish XID 490318236 Upstream caches: cp1114 int Error: 429, Too Many Requests at Fri, 29 Nov 2024 08:29:41 GMT Rudyard Kipling Joseph Rudyard Kipling FRSL ( / ˈ r ʌ d j ər d / RUD -yərd ; 30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936)

3600-472: The U.S., back to Vermont – Carrie by this time was pregnant with their first child – and rented a small cottage on a farm near Brattleboro for $ 10 a month. According to Kipling, "We furnished it with a simplicity that fore-ran the hire-purchase system. We bought, second or third hand, a huge, hot-air stove which we installed in the cellar. We cut generous holes in our thin floors for its eight-inch [20 cm] tin pipes (why we were not burned in our beds each week of

3690-440: The UK-APC after Michael C. Sharp, BAS field assistant in the area, 1981-82. 63°51′S 58°04′W  /  63.850°S 58.067°W  / -63.850; -58.067 . A hill 75 metres (246 ft) high topped by three volcanic plugs, located 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) east-northeast of Stoneley Point. Named by UK-APC following BAS geological work in the area after Mark P.O. Lewis, BAS field assistant in

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3780-429: The UK-APC after Thomas Donnachie, radio operator on Operation Tabarin at Hope Bay, 1944-45. 64°02′S 57°55′W  /  64.033°S 57.917°W  / -64.033; -57.917 . A prominent snow-covered, dome-shaped mountain 950 metres (3,120 ft) high between Rohss Bay and Croft Bay . Surveyed by FIDS, 1958-61. Named by UK-APC for Alban T.A. Dobson (1885-1962), British civil servant, Secretary of

3870-787: The UK-APC following BAS geological work here, 1981-83. Named after Seacatch, the father seal in Rudyard Kipling's The White Seal , in association with similar names in this area. 63°58′S 57°58′W  /  63.967°S 57.967°W  / -63.967; -57.967 . Prominent, flat-topped rock heights, with steeply cliffed sides, 6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi) southwest of Andreassen Point. Surveyed by FIDS in 1945 and 1955. Named for Paul M.O. Massey, FIDS medical officer at Hope Bay in 1955. 64°01′S 58°04′W  /  64.017°S 58.067°W  / -64.017; -58.067 . A cliff on Ulu Peninsula rising to about 500 metres (1,600 ft) high northeast of Back Mesa. Following geological work by BAS, 1985-86, named by

3960-501: The UK-APC in 1983 in association with nearby Brandy Bay. 63°52′S 58°07′W  /  63.867°S 58.117°W  / -63.867; -58.117 . A rocky point on the northwest coast of James-Ross Island, 4 nautical miles (7.4 km; 4.6 mi) west of Brandy Bay. Named by UK-APC for Robert Stoneley, FIDS geologist at Hope Bay in 1952. 63°53′S 58°03′W  /  63.883°S 58.050°W  / -63.883; -58.050 . A small ice dome with rock walls at

4050-515: The UK-APC in 1983. 64°02′S 58°24′W  /  64.033°S 58.400°W  / -64.033; -58.400 . A valley to the north of Gin Cove and west of Patalamon Mesa. So named following BAS geological work, 1981-83, in association with Hidden Lake. 64°02′S 58°22′W  /  64.033°S 58.367°W  / -64.033; -58.367 . A flat-topped mountain rising to about 700 metres (2,300 ft) high west of Hidden Lake. In association with nearby Kerick Col, named by

4140-788: The UK-APC in 1987 after Patalamon, son of Kerick Booterin, in Rudyard Kipling's story The White Seal in The Jungle Book . 64°00′S 58°22′W  /  64.000°S 58.367°W  / -64.000; -58.367 . The southern entrance point to Holluschickie Bay. The name, recommended by UK-APC, arose from association with Holluschickie Bay; Kotick was the name of the white seal in Rudyard Kipling 's Jungle Book . 64°02′S 58°18′W  /  64.033°S 58.300°W  / -64.033; -58.300 . A lake, 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km; 1.7 mi) long, lying midway between Lagrelius Point and Cape Obelisk . It drains by

4230-461: The UK-APC in 1987. 64°06′S 58°25′W  /  64.100°S 58.417°W  / -64.100; -58.417 . A cove indenting the northwest coast of James Ross Island between Tumbledown Cliffs and Cape Obelisk . Named in 1983 by the UK-APC in association with the names of other alcoholic spirits on this coast. 64°05′S 58°27′W  /  64.083°S 58.450°W  / -64.083; -58.450 . Conspicuous rock cliffs on

4320-853: The US to Yellowstone National Park , down to Salt Lake City , then east to Omaha, Nebraska and on to Chicago, then to Beaver, Pennsylvania on the Ohio River to visit the Hill family -- Mrs. Edmonia 'Ted' Hill, "eight years older than [him, who had] become Kipling's closest confidante, friend and sometimes collaborator" in British India, and her husband, Professor S. A. Hill, who [had] taught Physical Science at Muir College in Alhallabad. From Beaver, Kipling went to Chautauqua with Professor Hill, and later to Niagara Falls , Toronto, Washington, D.C., New York, and Boston. In

4410-477: The area, 1982-83; Station Commander at Rothera, 1980-82, and Faraday, 1982-84. 63°50′S 58°02′W  /  63.833°S 58.033°W  / -63.833; -58.033 . The southwest entrance point of Brandy Bay. A refuge hut called "Refugio San Carlos" was established on this point by the Argentine Antarctic Expedition in 1959. Following geological work in the area by BAS, 1981-83,

4500-651: The area, named "Paso San José" after Saint Joseph by an Argentine Antarctic Expedition (announced 1979 by Argentina Ministerio de Defensa). 63°52′S 57°54′W  /  63.867°S 57.900°W  / -63.867; -57.900 . A gravel plain cut by braided streams at the head of Brandy Bay, James Ross Island. Named by UK-APC in 1983 after Thomas Abernethy, gunner on HMS Erebus (Captain James C. Ross) during exploration of these waters in 1842-43. 63°52′S 57°50′W  /  63.867°S 57.833°W  / -63.867; -57.833 . Escarpment which extends in

4590-487: The bungalow marks a site merely close to the home of Kipling's birth, as it was built in 1882 – about 15 years after Kipling was born. Kipling seems to have said as much to the dean when visiting J. J. School in the 1930s. Kipling wrote of Bombay: Mother of Cities to me, For I was born in her gate, Between the palms and the sea, Where the world-end steamers wait. According to Bernice M. Murphy, "Kipling's parents considered themselves ' Anglo-Indians ' [a term used in

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4680-632: The cost of the expedition. It was resurveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1952. Point is considered a more suitable descriptive term for this feature than cape. 63°58′S 58°19′W  /  63.967°S 58.317°W  / -63.967; -58.317 . The northern entrance point to Holluschickie Bay. The name, recommended by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC), arose from association with Holluschickie Bay; Matkah

4770-476: The course of this journey he met Mark Twain in Elmira, New York , and was deeply impressed. Kipling arrived unannounced at Twain's home, and later wrote that as he rang the doorbell, "It occurred to me for the first time that Mark Twain might possibly have other engagements other than the entertainment of escaped lunatics from India, be they ever so full of admiration." As it was, Twain gladly welcomed Kipling and had

4860-514: The dining-room after we had been dressed, with the caution 'Speak English now to Papa and Mamma.' So one spoke 'English', haltingly translated out of the vernacular idiom that one thought and dreamed in." Kipling's days of "strong light and darkness" in Bombay ended when he was five. As was the custom in British India, he and his three-year-old sister Alice ("Trix") were taken to the United Kingdom – in their case to Southsea , Portsmouth – to live with

4950-513: The farm and adjoining Forest, some of the time with Stanley Baldwin . In January 1878, Kipling was admitted to the United Services College at Westward Ho! , Devon, a school recently founded to prepare boys for the army. It proved rough going for him at first, but later led to firm friendships and provided the setting for his schoolboy stories Stalky & Co. (1899). While there, Kipling met and fell in love with Florence Garrard, who

5040-530: The father served as Principal of the Mayo College of Art and Curator of the Lahore Museum . Kipling was to be assistant editor of a local newspaper, the Civil and Military Gazette . He sailed for India on 20 September 1882 and arrived in Bombay on 18 October. He described the moment years later: "So, at sixteen years and nine months, but looking four or five years older, and adorned with real whiskers which

5130-539: The first dawnings of The Jungle Books came to Kipling: "The workroom in the Bliss Cottage was seven feet by eight, and from December to April, the snow lay level with its window-sill. It chanced that I had written a tale about Indian Forestry work which included a boy who had been brought up by wolves. In the stillness, and suspense, of the winter of '92 some memory of the Masonic Lions of my childhood's magazine, and

5220-624: The four noted MacDonald sisters ) was a vivacious woman, of whom Lord Dufferin would say, "Dullness and Mrs Kipling cannot exist in the same room." John Lockwood Kipling, a sculptor and pottery designer, was the Principal and Professor of Architectural Sculpture at the newly founded Sir Jamsetjee Jeejebhoy School of Art in Bombay. John Lockwood and Alice met in 1863 and courted at Rudyard Lake in Rudyard, Staffordshire , England. They married and moved to India in 1865 after John Lockwood had accepted

5310-485: The local Congregational minister and even playing with red-painted balls when the ground was covered in snow. However, winter golf was "not altogether a success because there were no limits to a drive; the ball might skid two miles (3.2 km) down the long slope to Connecticut river ." Kipling loved the outdoors, not least of whose marvels in Vermont was the turning of the leaves each fall. He described this moment in

5400-469: The margins, rising to 400 metres (1,300 ft) high southeast of Stoneley Point. Named by the UK-APC in 1987 after Gwion ("Taff") Davies, general assistant on Operation Tabarin at Port Lockroy, 1943-44, and Hope Bay, 1944-45. 63°52′S 58°04′W  /  63.867°S 58.067°W  / -63.867; -58.067 . A small valley trending NE-SW, located 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) east-southeast of Stoneley Point. Named in 1983 by

5490-609: The mood of the Victorian era ), the poems were seen by others as propaganda for brazen-faced imperialism and its attendant racial attitudes; still others saw irony in the poems and warnings of the perils of empire. Take up the White Man's burden— Send forth the best ye breed— Go, bind your sons to exile To serve your captives' need; To wait, in heavy harness, On fluttered folk and wild— Your new-caught sullen peoples, Half devil and half child. — The White Man's Burden There

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5580-626: The most complete man of genius, as distinct from fine intelligence, that I have ever known." In 1907, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature , as the first English-language writer to receive the prize, and at 41, its youngest recipient to date. He was also sounded out for the British Poet Laureateship and several times for a knighthood , but declined both. Following his death in 1936, his ashes were interred at Poets' Corner , part of

5670-513: The north tip of James Ross Island, trending northeast–southwest between the Bibby Point massif and Lachman Crags. Following geological work by BAS, 1981-83, named by the UK-APC after James A. Crame, BAS geologist from 1976, who worked in the area, 1981-82. 63°48′S 57°49′W  /  63.800°S 57.817°W  / -63.800; -57.817 . Hill rising to 370 metres (1,210 ft) high between Lachman Crags and Cape Lachman. The hill

5760-443: The office, so that it was almost dangerous to approach him." The anecdote continues: "In the hot weather when he (Kipling) wore only white trousers and a thin vest, he is said to have resembled a Dalmatian dog more than a human being, for he was spotted all over with ink in every direction." In the summer of 1883, Kipling visited Simla (today's Shimla ), a well-known hill station and the summer capital of British India. By then it

5850-504: The other of family discord. By the early 1890s, the United Kingdom and Venezuela were in a border dispute involving British Guiana . The U.S. had made several offers to arbitrate, but in 1895, the new American Secretary of State Richard Olney upped the ante by arguing for the American "right" to arbitrate on grounds of sovereignty on the continent (see the Olney interpretation as an extension of

5940-611: The pass in 1959. 63°59′S 58°07′W  /  63.983°S 58.117°W  / -63.983; -58.117 . Nunatak rising to 150 metres (490 ft) high in the glacier flowing west into Holluschickie Bay. Named descriptively following British Antarctic Survey (BAS) geological work on the island, 1985-86, from the excellent columnar jointing exhibited on the feature. 63°58′S 58°04′W  /  63.967°S 58.067°W  / -63.967; -58.067 . A group of nunataks rising to about 500 metres (1,600 ft) high between Carro Pass and Massey Heights. Named by

6030-417: The point was called "Brandy Point" in association with the bay, but later named San Carlos Point. 63°50′S 57°59′W  /  63.833°S 57.983°W  / -63.833; -57.983 . A bay 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) wide on the northwest coast of James Ross Island, entered west of Bibby Point. Probably first seen by Otto Nordenskjöld in 1903. Surveyed by FIDS in 1945. During

6120-587: The position as Professor at the School of Art. They had been so moved by the beauty of the Rudyard Lake area that they named their first child after it, Joseph Rudyard. Two of Alice's sisters were married to artists: Georgiana to the painter Edward Burne-Jones , and her sister Agnes to Edward Poynter . A third sister, Louisa, was the mother of Kipling's most prominent relative, his first cousin Stanley Baldwin , who

6210-449: The rest." Kipling then crossed the Atlantic to Liverpool in October 1889. He soon made his début in the London literary world, to great acclaim. In London, Kipling had several stories accepted by magazines. He found a place to live for the next two years at Villiers Street , near Charing Cross (in a building subsequently named Kipling House): "Meantime, I had found me quarters in Villiers Street , Strand , which forty-six years ago

6300-407: The rights to his six volumes of stories for £200 and a small royalty, and the Plain Tales for £50; in addition, he received six-months' salary from The Pioneer , in lieu of notice. Kipling decided to use the money to move to London, the literary centre of the British Empire . On 9 March 1889, he left India, travelling first to San Francisco via Rangoon , Singapore, Hong Kong and Japan. Kipling

6390-579: The scandalised Mother abolished within one hour of beholding, I found myself at Bombay where I was born, moving among sights and smells that made me deliver in the vernacular sentences whose meaning I knew not. Other Indian-born boys have told me how the same thing happened to them." This arrival changed Kipling, as he explains: "There were yet three or four days' rail to Lahore, where my people lived. After these, my English years fell away, nor ever, I think, came back in full strength." From 1883 to 1889, Kipling worked in British India for local newspapers such as

6480-437: The south to Bibby Point in the north, include: 63°53′S 58°11′W  /  63.883°S 58.183°W  / -63.883; -58.183 . A rocky point on the northwest coast of James Ross Island, 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) east of Carlson Island . The name arose because, during a visit by an FIDS party in August 1952, the point was surrounded by a large area of slippery, snow-free sea ice resembling

6570-738: The south to Cape Lachman in the north, include: 63°56′S 57°55′W  /  63.933°S 57.917°W  / -63.933; -57.917 . A ridge rising to about 720 metres (2,360 ft) high, west of Saint Martha Cove. The weathered red lavas of the ridge were examined by BAS geologists during the 1985-86 season. Named descriptively by the UK-APC after the spiny nature of the ridge. 63°55′S 57°54′W  /  63.917°S 57.900°W  / -63.917; -57.900 . Pass trending northwest–southeast and rising to about 200 metres (660 ft) high between Lachman Crags and Stickle Ridge. On either side of this pass there are exposures of fossiliferous Cretaceous rocks. Following work in

6660-419: The stay with horror, and wondered if the combination of cruelty and neglect that he experienced there at the hands of Mrs Holloway might not have hastened the onset of his literary life: "If you cross-examine a child of seven or eight on his day's doings (specially when he wants to go to sleep) he will contradict himself very satisfactorily. If each contradiction be set down as a lie and retailed at breakfast, life

6750-531: The subsequent hearing and the resulting publicity, Kipling's privacy was destroyed, and he was left feeling miserable and exhausted. In July 1896, a week before the hearing was to resume, the Kiplings packed their belongings, left the United States and returned to England. By September 1896, the Kiplings were in Torquay , Devon, on the south-western coast of England, in a hillside home (Rock House, Maidencombe) overlooking

6840-530: The title of his novel as well as the house. The house still stands on Kipling Road, three miles (4.8 km) north of Brattleboro in Dummerston, Vermont : a big, secluded, dark-green house, with shingled roof and sides, which Kipling called his "ship", and which brought him "sunshine and a mind at ease". His seclusion in Vermont, combined with his healthy "sane clean life", made Kipling both inventive and prolific. In

6930-535: The west coast of James Ross Island, about 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) north of Cape Obelisk. Probably first seen by Doctor Otto Nordenskjold in 1903. Surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1945. The name given by UK-APC is descriptive of the formation of the scree slope at the foot of these cliffs. 64°05′S 58°24′W  /  64.083°S 58.400°W  / -64.083; -58.400 . A col running N-S at 150 metres (490 ft) high between Gin Cove and Rum Cove, in

7020-512: The west part of James Ross Island. Crisscross Crags rise at the east side of the col. In association with names in this area from Rudyard Kipling 's The Jungle Book , named after Kerick Booterin, chief of the seal hunters in The White Seal. Named by the UK-APC in 1983. 64°04′S 58°22′W  /  64.067°S 58.367°W  / -64.067; -58.367 . A glacier flowing northwest into Gin Cove. Following geological work by

7110-553: The west to Blyth Spur in the east, include: 63°55′S 58°17′W  /  63.917°S 58.283°W  / -63.917; -58.283 . Low, ice-free point on the northwest side of James Ross Island, 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km; 1.7 mi) south of Carlson Island. Discovered and first surveyed in 1903 by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition (SwedAE) under Otto Nordenskjöld , who named it Cape Lagrelius after Axel Lagrelius of Stockholm, who contributed toward

7200-416: The winter I never can understand) and we were extraordinarily and self-centredly content." In this house, which they called Bliss Cottage , their first child, Josephine, was born "in three-foot of snow on the night of 29th December, 1892. Her Mother's birthday being the 31st and mine the 30th of the same month, we congratulated her on her sense of the fitness of things..." It was also in this cottage that

7290-405: Was Conservative Prime Minister of the United Kingdom three times in the 1920s and 1930s. Kipling's birth home on the campus of the J. J. School of Art in Bombay was for many years used as the dean's residence. Although a cottage bears a plaque noting it as his birth site, the original one may have been torn down and replaced decades ago. Some historians and conservationists take the view that

7380-619: Was an English journalist, novelist, poet, and short-story writer. He was born in British India , which inspired much of his work. Kipling's works of fiction include the Jungle Book duology ( The Jungle Book , 1894; The Second Jungle Book , 1895), Kim (1901), the Just So Stories (1902) and many short stories, including " The Man Who Would Be King " (1888). His poems include " Mandalay " (1890), " Gunga Din " (1890), " The Gods of

7470-400: Was being treated. Children tell little more than animals, for what comes to them they accept as eternally established. Also, badly-treated children have a clear notion of what they are likely to get if they betray the secrets of a prison-house before they are clear of it." Alice took the children during spring 1877 to Goldings Farm at Loughton , where a carefree summer and autumn was spent on

7560-474: Was boarding with Trix at Southsea (to which Trix had returned). Florence became the model for Maisie in Kipling's first novel, The Light That Failed (1891). Near the end of his schooling, it was decided that Kipling did not have the academic ability to get into Oxford University on a scholarship. His parents lacked the wherewithal to finance him, and so Kipling's father obtained a job for him in Lahore , where

7650-452: Was favourably impressed by Japan, calling its people and ways "gracious folk and fair manners". The Nobel Prize committee cited Kipling's writing on the manners and customs of the Japanese when they awarded his Nobel Prize in Literature in 1907. Kipling later wrote that he "had lost his heart" to a geisha whom he called O-Toyo, writing while in the United States during the same trip across

7740-602: Was in one's head, and that was usually full." Back in Lahore, 39 of his stories appeared in the Gazette between November 1886 and June 1887. Kipling included most of them in Plain Tales from the Hills , his first prose collection, published in Calcutta in January 1888, a month after his 22nd birthday. Kipling's time in Lahore, however, had come to an end. In November 1887, he was moved to

7830-656: Was no longer light-hearted and spontaneous. Although they would always remain loyal to each other, they seemed now to have fallen into set roles. In a letter to a friend who had become engaged around this time, the 30‑year‑old Kipling offered this sombre counsel: marriage principally taught "the tougher virtues – such as humility, restraint, order, and forethought." Later in the same year, he temporarily taught at Bishop's College School in Quebec , Canada . The Kiplings loved life in Vermont and might have lived out their lives there, were it not for two incidents – one of global politics,

7920-455: Was primitive and passionate in its habits and population. My rooms were small, not over-clean or well-kept, but from my desk I could look out of my window through the fanlight of Gatti's Music-Hall entrance, across the street, almost on to its stage. The Charing Cross trains rumbled through my dreams on one side, the boom of the Strand on the other, while, before my windows, Father Thames under

8010-423: Was the mother of the white seal, Kotick, in Rudyard Kipling 's Jungle Book . 63°59′S 58°16′W  /  63.983°S 58.267°W  / -63.983; -58.267 . A bay on the west coast of James Ross Island, entered between Matkah and Kotick Points. Probably first seen by Otto Nordenskjöld in 1903. Surveyed by FIDS in 1945. The name arose during a subsequent visit by a FIDS party in 1952, when

8100-520: Was the practice for the Viceroy of India and government to move to Simla for six months, and the town became a "centre of power as well as pleasure". Kipling's family became annual visitors to Simla, and Lockwood Kipling was asked to serve in Christ Church there. Rudyard Kipling returned to Simla for his annual leave each year from 1885 to 1888, and the town featured prominently in many stories he wrote for

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