Alexandra Shackleton and descendents ... the first Antarctic incursion of the Chilean Navy when the "Yelcho" under captain Luis Pardo and with Ernest Shackleton on board managed to rescue the ...

Ernest Shackleton died on this day ... s attempts to get him to study medicine and instead joined the Merchant Navy at the age of 16. In this role, he quickly became a Master Mariner and built ...

For the past century, Ernest Shackleton’s ship Endurance has been resting on the seafloor near Antarctica. Submerged in 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 ...

National Geographic's new documentary on Disney+, Endurance, displays the search for the remains of the famed explorer, Ernest ... Shackleton had the ability to persuade Scott to take "a merchant ...

Ms Shackleton is president of the James Caird Society dedicated to Sir Ernest and flew to the south of Chile to attend the opening of the exhibition and to pay tribute to the Chilean navy and the ...

In Ernest Shackleton's view, there was only one course of action. Never mind that it was an act of desperation. He and a few of his men would have to leave Antarctica's Elephant Island and summon ...