Four years later, Shackleton, assuming his first command, mounted the Nimrod expedition. This time, he and three companions went closer to the South Pole than anyone had previously gone ...

Sue Halliwell marks the 150th anniversary of polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton’s birth by tracing his ill-fated British ...

In 1902, Scott, Dr. Edward Wilson, and Ernest Shackleton set out with dog teams and sledges aiming to be the first to reach the South Pole. They pushed south to 82º16.5'S, when scurvy ...

who reached the South Pole in 1911. Regardless, Shackleton's accomplishments on the Nimrod Expedition were widely celebrated; he was knighted by Edward VII and was awarded a silver Polar Medal for ...

led by the renowned explorer Ernest Shackleton, tried and failed to become the first men to reach the South Pole. Following in their footsteps the team set off on a 900–mile expedition.

which had been hit hard in 1911 when Norwegian Roald Amundsen beat Captain Robert Scott to the South Pole. Shackleton had ...

Although his expedition failed in its stated objective ... The flight path went from McMurdo Station, past the geographical South Pole to Shackleton Mountains, and continued southeast to the ...

On arrival at South Georgia three of the team will traverse its mountainous interior to reach the former whaling station at Stromness. The expedition will culminate in a pilgrimage to Shackleton's ...

The expedition was named 90° South and ... fan of all the great adventurers including Sir Ernest Shackleton. Reaching the South Pole itself allowed me to understand a little bit more about ...

I set out in 1911 to be the first person to reach the South Pole. I knew that Ernest Shackleton and Roald ... with everything I needed for the expedition. We had problems right away.