5 January 2022 marks the centenary of the death of the famous Anglo-Irish explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton and the end of the ‘Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration’. Shackleton’s ship became ...
Ernest Shackleton died on this day, January 5th, 1922. The Co Kildare man died having become one of Ireland's best-known explorers of ... led several Antarctic expeditions ,and climbed an active ...
Antarctic explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton will be honoured through ... with the period known as the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. Last week, it was reported that Shackleton’s Polar Medal ...
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the beginning of British explorer Ernest Shackleton’s expedition ... South Pole and the longest unsupported Antarctic expedition. During the three ...
Wreck hunters have found the ship on which the famous polar explorer Ernest ... Canada. Shackleton suffered a fatal heart attack on board on 5 January 1922 while trying to reach the Antarctic.
It launched the careers of Ernest Shackleton, Dr Edward Adrian Wilson and expedition leader Robert Falcon ... Dr Wilson was a prominent figure in early Antarctic exploration. His expertise as a ...
A new documentary titled Endurance has premiered, bringing to life the remarkable survival story of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s ill-fated 1914 Antarctic ... contemporary explorers as they search ...
Scott led the British National Antarctic Expedition with the goal of geographical exploration from a base on Ross Island in the Ross Sea. In 1902, Scott, Dr. Edward Wilson, and Ernest Shackleton ...