Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton (15 February 1874 – 5 January 1922) was an Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer who led three British expeditions to the Antarctic. He was one of the principal figures of the period …

Dec 9, 2025 · Best known for his 1914–16 expedition, in which his ship, Endurance, was crushed by pack ice, Shackleton and his crew endured months of hardship, including a harrowing voyage to …

Oct 10, 2024 · The heroic captain of the Endurance, Anglo-Irish explorer Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton braved the frigid wastelands of Antarctica three times in the early 1900s.

Discover key facts about Ernest Shackleton the Antarctic explorer who led both the 'Nimrod' and 'Endurance' expeditions.

Oct 21, 2020 · 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 weather, angry …

Learn more about Shackleton's expeditions to the South Pole, and his final voyage to the Arctic with the Endurance.

Oct 10, 2024 · One of the most famous Antarctic explorers in history, and routinely voted as one of the greatest Britons of all time, Sir Ernest Shackleton is a name which lives on as much as in legend as …

Shackleton was a romantic adventurer, who became interested in exploration and joined the Royal Geographical Society while still at sea. In 1901 he got a place on Captain Robert Falcon Scott 's first …

Discover more about Sir Ernest Shackleton, titan of polar exploration and the remarkable feat of survival that took place on the Endurance expedition.

Launching the James Caird from the shore of Elephant Island, 24 April 1916 The voyage of the James Caird was a journey of 1,300 kilometres (800 mi) from Elephant Island in the South Shetland Islands …