People have said Sir Ernest Shackleton’s ship, Endurance, was the toughest wooden vessel of its age. A new study proves ...
For over one hundred years, it was assumed that the ice overwhelmed the rudder and created a large gash on the side of the ship. But a recent paper in the journal Polar Record faults the ship, and not ...
THE ONLY institution in the world dedicated to the life of Kildare-born polar explorer Ernest Shackleton, Athy’s Shackleton ...
A model of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s famous polar vessel, crafted by a former rocket engineer in war-torn Ukraine, has set sail ...
On Oct. 27, 1915, after being caught and crushed by packed ice for nine months in the Weddell Sea off Antarctica, Ernest ...
Explorer's cabin had been used as a shed in Norway for most of a century — but now it's been brought back to his Irish ...
Whether through gripping real-life stories or immersive fiction, these books illuminate the art of self-discipline. You will ...
Shackleton’s hometown of Athy, Co Kildare has reopened the Shackleton museum in his honour with a €7.5 million redevelopment.
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