A black and white film negative of Shackleton’s expedition to the Antarctic winter flashlight scene in the Weddell Sea, showing Endurance stuck fast. Credit: Library of Congress There are few stories ...
Seldom has failing done as much for a man’s reputation as it did for Sir Ernest Shackleton’s. Leading an expedition that lasted from 1907 to 1909, the Anglo-Irishman tried to discover the South Pole ...
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New book tells the incredible story of a Lincolnshire-born explorer who served with Shackleton’s Antarctic expedition
A new book tells the incredible story of a little-known Lincolnshire-born explorer who served with Shackleton’s Antarctic ...
Growing up in the Falkland Islands, maritime archaeologist Mensun Bound was enamored with tales of adventure and stories of the sea. He was particularly taken with the saga of Ernest Shackleton, the ...
THE SHIP BENEATH THE ICE: The Discovery of Shackleton’s Endurance. By Mensun Bound. Mariner Books. 416 pages. $35. That old proverb your mother taught you — “if at first you don’t succeed, try, try ...
The explorer’s journey to Antarctica was likely doomed before it began. By Sara Novak Ernest Shackleton was sailing for Antarctica on the ship, called the Quest, when he died in 1922. Researchers ...
The Shackleton Quest Expedition, led by the Royal Canadian Geographical Society (RCGS), has discovered the historic wreck of Quest, lying at a depth of 390m off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador.
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