A new expedition led by Purdue University aims to locate Amelia Earhart's missing plane on Nikumaroro Island, potentially ...

A famous Antarctic explorer’s hut is opening its doors to the public in Wellington for the first time, thanks to cutting-edge technology and a dose of Kiwi ingenuity. The Antarctic Heritage ...

A SCIENCE COMMUNICATOR from Co Louth will tomorrow head off on an expedition to the Arctic Circle to retrace the steps of one ...

Asian American filmmaker, photographer, skier, climber, alpinist, author, Oscar winner and the man who discovered Sandy ...

As Midwinter Day approaches in Antarctica – the longest and darkest day of the year – those spending the winter on the frozen continent will follow a tradition dating back more than a century to the ...

Ernest Shackleton was sailing for Antarctica on the ship, called the Quest, when he died in 1922. Researchers exulted over the discovery of its wreckage, 62 years after it sank in the Labrador Sea ...

Three bottles of a rare, 19th-century Scotch found at Ernest Shackleton’s abandoned expedition base were returned to Antarctica after a distiller flew them to Scotland to recreate the recipe.

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 19.-In connection with the publication by the Lippincotts this week of the American edition of Sir Ernest H. Shackleton's great book on his expedition toward the south pole ...

Shackleton’s famed Endurance expedition—and the subsequent rescue mission—became the subject of dozens of books, documentaries and TV shows.

As you walk into Shackleton’s London store, you will see a range of gilets, parkas and puffer jackets. You will also notice maps, books and a portrait of the Irish explorer, Sir Ernest Shackleton.