Miraculously, Shackleton managed to save himself and all 27 members of his crew. Shackleton’s famed ... Often, these retellings mention an advertisement Shackleton supposedly placed in a London ...

The Residence provided the perfect backdrop to showcase historical film footage and photographs of Shackleton’s expedition and the heroic rescue by Piloto Pardo and the crew of the Yelcho.

A graduate of the English public-school system, he was a bit of a prima donna and generally disliked, though his diary is one of the more perceptive kept by Shackleton's crew.

Yes, that's the famous (and probably apocryphal) newspaper ad that polar explorer Ernest Shackleton supposedly ... and knights to crew the ship. Heroic Age of Polar Exploration sailors not included.

But they wouldn't learn the futility of their toil and agony until 14 months later, long after Shackleton rescued the crew of the Endurance with not a man lost. Not until three men and most of ...

CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! The release of the LEGO ... Also, while you can argue that Shackleton was right to save food for the human crew, he also ordered sailors to save film footage instead ...