The Shackleton-Rowett expedition's goals were unclear, though Shackleton described it as an "oceanographic and ...

The celebrated polar explorer was buried there, and the ship and crew continued on, trying to complete the so-called Shackleton-Rowett Expedition. But heavy ice made it difficult to complete the ...

In doing so, they will recreate the 1916 journey of Britain's greatest polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton and his successful attempt to save his stranded trans-Antarctic expedition. In the ...

The Quest's crew paid their respects at the grave of their leader on return to South Georgia It's 100 years to the day since Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton set out on his final expedition.

In January 2019, the S.A. Agulhas II, laden with cutting edge exploration equipment, set off on an unprecedented 45-day expedition to recover Sir Earnest Shackleton’s lost ship Endurance.

Its unveiling coincides with the release of a new documentary on Shackleton's doomed Endurance expedition and the 2022 hunt for the sunken vessel. Original autochromes by GH Wilkins, Rowett ...

In 1921, Shackleton returned to the sub-Antarctic on the Shackleton-Rowett Antarctic Expedition. More commonly known as the Quest expedition, it was to be Shackleton’s fourth and final expedition.

Shackleton is best known for the trials of his ill-fated expedition to Antarctica, which set off in summer 1914 and saw his ship trapped and swallowed by the ice pack. He and his crew were forced ...

When you ask people to name an explorer of the Polar Regions, many will name Robert Falcon Scott, who led a doomed expedition to the South Pole. Few will mention Henry Ernest Shackleton ...

You will also notice maps, books and a portrait of the Irish explorer, Sir Ernest Shackleton. Famed for his voyages to Antarctica – including the unsuccessful Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition ...

Shackleton is best known for the trials of his ill-fated expedition to Antarctica, which set off in summer 1914 and saw his ship trapped and swallowed by the ice pack. He and his crew were forced ...