UPDATE ON THE EFFORT as of 7 July 2010
Letters or e-mails of support have been received from the following organizations and individuals:
The American Polar Society (Jeff Rubin, Vice President)
Angie Butler (author)
The Antarctican Society (Charles H. Lagerbom, President)
C.R.C. Bowen (Antarctic traveller, distant relative of Markham)
Devon and Cornwall Polar Society (Paul Davies, Honorary Secretary)
Dr. Cornelia Lüdecke (Chair, SCAR History AG)
Prof Jim McAdam (Editor, Falkland Islands Journal)
Shane Murphy (polar researcher, author and traveller)
Peruvian Embassy (Ricardo V. Luna, Ambassador)
Royal Geographical Society (Michael Palin, President)
Royal Geographical Society of South Australia, Inc. (Rod Shearing, President)
Scientific Exploration Society (Colonel John Blashford-Snell, Chairman)
Scott Polar Research Institute (from the Librarian and Keeper of Collections)
John Splettstoesser (distinguished polar scientist, past president, American Polar Society and The Antarctican Society)
David H. Stam (Senior Scholar, Syracuse University)
Michael Warr (author and ex-BAS)
Isobel Williams (polar researcher and author)
Letters of support must be received by English Heritage by 16 August 2010. There's still time to send such letters to me at rs41@me.com. In order to be included in the submission I should have any such letters in hand by 9 August.