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 …

Dec 9, 2025 · Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton is best known as a polar explorer who was associated with four expeditions exploring Antarctica, particularly the Trans-Antarctic (Endurance) …

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, …

Oct 10, 2024 · Driven by a desire to explore, Shackleton joined the 1901 Antarctic expedition led by Robert Scott, best known as the leader of the Terra Nova Expedition. Shackleton and Scott …

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 other, Shackleton trekked …

Shackleton's four attempts to rescue the crew of the Endurance from Elephant Island. The first from South Georgia, the second from the Falkland Islands and the third and then successful …

In 1921, he began to prepare for what would become the Shackleton–Rowett Expedition, whose goal was to explore unknown islands and complete scientific surveys across the South Atlantic …

Oct 10, 2024 · In 1907, Shackleton presented plans for an Antarctic expedition, which aimed to reach both the magnetic and geographical South Pole, to the Royal Geographical Society, …

The Shackleton Online resource is a space where you can find out more about Shackleton’s expeditions, crew mates, the places they travelled to, and the exceptional collections of …

What was the purpose of Shackleton’s 1914 Antarctic expedition? In 1914, in command of a party on the ship Endurance, Shackleton set off to cross the Antarctic from one side to the other, …