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Mar 13, 2022 · Prior to the Endurance voyage, Shackleton had established himself as a polar explorer after a career in the merchant navy. He had to leave a 1906 Antarctic expedition due to ill health, but led ...
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 to the Antarctic. He was one of the principal figures of the period known as the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration . Born in Kilkea, County Kildare, Ireland, Shackleton and his Anglo ...
Mar 19, 2019 · The expedition’s story begins on the eve of World War I, when the ship Endurance departed England with Shackleton and his team of six men. The plan was to travel 1,800 miles across the icy continent from the Atlantic side, while a second team aboard the Aurora, would reach Antarctica’s Pacific side and lay out supply depots for the ...
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Feb 15, 2024 · From restless schoolboy to legendary explorer, Ernest Shackleton’s life was an adventure. Discover his triumphs and failures, from near-reaching the South Pole to escaping ice floes in a tiny boat. A story of leadership, resilience and conquering impossible odds. 15 February 2024 will mark the 150 anniversary of the birth of the remarkable ...
The expedition left the UK in August 1914, and departed from South Georgia for the Weddell Sea on 5 December. The expedition soon encountered significant sea ice cover and on 18 January 1915 at 76°34’S, Endurance became trapped in the ice. The Endurance three-masted ship of Shackleton’s 1914-1915 Antarctic expedition trapped in pack ice ...
Feb 4, 2022 · Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition lasted from 1914 to 1917. It was meant to make the first land crossing of Antarctica, but Endurance became trapped and then lost in that cruel sea ...
Jun 20, 2017 · A century after the Endurance expedition, Shackleton's shadow still looms large over South Georgia. His tale is known to history buffs, armchair adventurers, and travelers far and wide, but what ...
