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History of Shackleton's Expedition - Antarctic Heritage Trust

History of Shackleton's Expedition ... Ernest Shackleton was 33-years-old when he led his first expedition to Antarctica, determined to be the first to reach the ...

The Stunning Survival Story of Ernest Shackleton and His ...

The discovery of Ernest Shackleton's ship at the bottom of Antarctica's Weddell Sea recalls a grueling expedition when men endured entrapment, hunger, frigid ...

Shackleton's Endurance - Endurance22

The history of Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914-1915), the fate of Endurance and the crews epic survival story.

Ernest Shackleton | Biography, Expeditions, Facts, & Voyage of ...

Ernest Shackleton, Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer who attempted to reach the South Pole. Best known for his 1914–16 expedition, ...

Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition - Wikipedia

Conceived by Sir Ernest Shackleton, the expedition was an attempt to make the first land crossing of the Antarctic continent. After Roald Amundsen's South Pole ...

Sir Ernest Shackleton's Endurance Expedition Timeline

The Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition departs Grytviken whaling station, aboard the Endurance, in a bid to cross Antarctica from the Weddell ...

Endurance Expedition: Shackleton's Antarctic survival story

With a crew of 28 (including Shackleton), Endurance entered the Weddell Sea but became trapped in pack ice during Dec. 1914. Stuck fast in the ...

History - Ernest Shackleton - BBC

In 1901, Shackleton was chosen to go on the Antarctic expedition led by British naval officer Robert Falcon Scott on the ship 'Discovery'. With Scott and one ...

Shackleton's Voyage of Endurance | Timeline 1914-1916 - PBS

August 1. Endurance departs London the same day Germany declares war on Russia · August 4. Shackleton offers his ship and crew to British government for war ...

Ernest Shackleton: The Entrepreneur of Survival - News

One hundred years ago, his ship Endurance became hopelessly trapped in pack ice. Shackleton abandoned one cherished goal and shouldered another, forced on him ...

Shackleton Story

In 1914, Sir Ernest Shackleton set off aboard the ship Endurance on an expedition to be the first to cross Antarctica.

Into the ice: the Antarctic expeditions of Sir Ernest Shackleton | Blog

In 1907, Shackleton presented his plan for the British Antarctic Expedition to the Royal Geographical Society. The aim of the expedition was to ...

Sir Ernest Shackleton | Royal Museums Greenwich

Other members of the expedition climbed Mount Erebus and reached the south magnetic pole. Shackleton himself led a party, which reached 97 miles short of the ...

Ernest Shackleton - Wikipedia

Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton CVO OBE FRGS FRSGS (15 February 1874 – 5 January 1922) was an Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer who led three British expeditions ...

Shackleton Exhibition: Key Moments and Photographs | AMNH

In 1914, Sir Ernest Shackleton set out from England on a daring expedition. His goal: the first crossing of the Antarctic continent.

Shackleton's final expedition: Reuniting Quest's collection 100 years ...

The Quest expedition has its origins in early 1920 when Ernest Shackleton began putting together a voyage to the Arctic. With the backing of the ...

Shackleton, Endurance voyage, timeline and map - Cool Antarctica

Sir Ernest Shackleton, Endurance Voyage Timeline and Map ; 5 Endurance sinks, 15 months, 13 days, November 21st 1915 ; 6 Launch boats for Elephant Island, 20 ...

Sir Ernest Shackleton and Endurance - Historic UK

After months of surviving in such unimaginable circumstances, in April 1916 Shackleton embarked on a mission to escape and reach land. A ...

South Pole exploration: Sir Ernest Shackleton

In 1907, Ernest Shackleton embarked on an expedition to the South Pole aboard his ship Nimrod. He was almost successful, falling just 97 miles short.

Sir Ernest Shackleton

Ernest Henry Shackleton was born on the 15th February in 1874 in Kilkea House, County Kildare in Ireland. The second in a family of ten, his father Henry farmed ...