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Ernest Shackleton

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born

February 15, 1874 in Kilkea, Ireland

died

January 05, 1922

gender

male

genre

Nonfiction, Outdoors & Nature, Biographies & Memoirs

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Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton, CVO, OBE was an Anglo-Irish merchant naval officer who made his reputation as an explorer during what is known as the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, a period of discovery characterised by journeys of geographical and scientific exploration in a largely unknown continent, without any of the benefits of modern travel methods or radio communication.

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Books by Ernest Shackleton

Average rating: 4.18 · 1,252 ratings · 175 reviews · 11 distinct works

	South 4.20 avg rating — 1,068 ratings — published 1919 — 79 editions	My rating:
	The Heart of the Antartic: The Farthest South Expedition: 1907-1909 4.16 avg rating — 74 ratings — published 1999 — 9 editions	My rating:
	Shackleton: The Polar Journeys: The Heart of the Antarctic; The Story of the British Antarctic Exepdition 1907-1909 by Ernest Shackleton, Hugh Robert Mill (Introduction) 4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2002 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Escape from the Antarctic 3.89 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Heart Of The Antarctic And 'South' 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2007	My rating:
	Shackleton by Ernest Shackleton, Christopher Ralling (Editor) 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1985	My rating:
	SOUTH-SHACKLETON 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1992	My rating:
	Aurora Australis 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1908 — 5 editions	My rating:
	South: The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2012	My rating:
	Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage to the Antarctic by Alfred Lansing, Frank Hurley, Ernest Shackleton 4.30 avg rating — 9,945 ratings — published 1959 — 5 editions	My rating:

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Quotes by Ernest Shackleton

“Superhuman effort isn't worth a damn unless it achieves results.”
― Ernest Shackleton

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“Difficulties are just things to overcome, after all.”
― Ernest Shackleton

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“(Was he talking about a polar expedition, or marriage?) -Jorge

Men Wanted: For hazardous journey. Small wages, bitter cold, long months of complete darkness, constant danger, safe return doubtful. Honour and recognition in case of success.”
― Ernest Shackleton

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