In the documentary, the expedition leader, Dr. John Shears, states that Shackleton had the ability to persuade Scott to take "a merchant marine all the way to the Antarctic" and appoint him as ...

Early explorers skimmed the boundaries of Antarctica in daring sea voyages to the ends of the Earth. In the early 20th century, a new generation plunged into the interior. With only dogs, ponies ...

which appointed him to command the National Antarctic Expedition of 1901-1904. The expedition - which included Ernest Shackleton - reached further south than anyone before them and Scott returned ...

Scott had claimed Shackleton had been carried on the ... His biggest test came in 1914 though, with the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition. When his ship Endurance was trapped by pack ice and ...

A definitive look at Sir Ernest Shackleton's historic and ill-fated 1914 Antarctic expedition, which resulted in the loss of his highly revered ship, as well as maritime archaeologists' relentless ...

R. F. Scott, while a Norwegian campaign is headed by Amundsen. Recently Sir Ernest Shackleton has made an appeal on behalf of an Australasian antarctic expedition under the command of his old ...

The Discovery expedition was one of the first official British explorations of the Antarctic. It launched the careers of Ernest Shackleton, Dr Edward Adrian Wilson and expedition leader Robert Falcon ...

A new documentary titled Endurance has premiered, bringing to life the remarkable survival story of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s ill-fated 1914 Antarctic expedition. The film, from National ...

Reading up on Antarctica's natural history and golden age of exploration can make your trip more entertaining and educational ...

The Discovery Expedition of 1901–1904 ... would become leading figures in the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, including Scott, Ernest Shackleton, Edward Wilson, Frank Wild, Tom Crean ...

It seems Ernest Shackleton’s legend has set sail again, this time courtesy of National Geographic and Disney+, which just released a new documentary on the discovery of the famed Anglo Irish ...