Use these lesson plans to help your students understand more about Ernest Shackleton's leadership, what the Antarctic is like, how sailors can determine their latitude at night, and the ...

Sir Ernest Shackleton and his team of men set out to conquer the Antarctic continent as the world became embroiled in World War One. All but forgotten back home in Britain, Shackleton's expedition ...

On October 27, 1915, "the end of the Endurance had come," and Ernest Shackleton issued the order to abandon ship. Impaled by ramrods of ice and crushed by the unrelenting pressure of the pack ...