Ernest Shackleton
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Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton, CVO, OBE, FRGS
A polar explorer who led three British expeditions to the Antarctic, and one of the principal figures of the period known as the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. Born in Kilkea, Athy, County Kildare, Ireland, Shackleton and his Anglo-Irish family moved to Sydenham in suburban south London when he was ten. His first experience of the polar regions was as third officer on Captain Robert Falcon Scott's Discovery Expedition 1901–1904, from which he was sent home early on health grounds, after he and his companions Scott and Edward Adrian Wilson set a new southern record by marching to latitude 82°S.
During the second expedition 1907–1909 he and three companions established a new record Farthest South latitude at 88°S, only 97 geographical miles (112 statute miles, 180 km) from the South Pole, the largest advance to the pole in exploration history. Also, members of his team climbed Mount Erebus, the most active Antarctic volcano. For these achievements, Shackleton was knighted by King Ed…more
During the second expedition 1907–1909 he and three companions established a new record Farthest South latitude at 88°S, only 97 geographical miles (112 statute miles, 180 km) from the South Pole, the largest advance to the pole in exploration history. Also, members of his team climbed Mount Erebus, the most active Antarctic volcano. For these achievements, Shackleton was knighted by King Ed…more
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Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
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1959
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South: The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition 1914-1917
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1919
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South with Endurance: Shackleton's Antarctic Expedition 1914-1917
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2001
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Shackleton's Journey
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2014
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Shackleton: Antarctic Odyssey
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2014
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Who Was Ernest Shackleton?
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2013
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An Empire of Ice: Scott, Shackleton, and the Heroic Age of Antarctic Science
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2011
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Destination Mars: The Story of Our Quest to Conquer the Red Planet
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Antarctic Destinies: Scott, Shackleton, and the Changing Face of Heroism
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2007
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The Life of Sir Ernest Shackleton
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2006
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