A pocket watch which has been described as having an "adventurous past" by an auction house is set to go under the hammer. An ...

A Scottish island with a derelict castle has been put up for sale for the first time in eight decades. Shuna, a 1,100-acre ...

For anyone really looking to get away from it all, a private island off Scotland’s west coast has hit the market for $7.5 million, offering 1,110 acres of land that include ancient burial mounds, ...

Shackleton will travel aboard PONANT’s luxury icebreaker, Le Commandant Charcot, on a once-in-a-lifetime expedition from Ushuaia, Argentina to Hobart, Tasmania – a 31-day journey retracing the ...

Ernest Shackleton was born on this day, February 15, 1874. The Co Kildare man died in 1922 having become one of Ireland's best-known explorers of the Polar Regions.

All of that has served as a prelude to their latest doc, Endurance (co-directed by Natalie Hewit) , about polar explorer Ernest Shackleton’s legendary 1914-1917 Trans-Antarctic expedition ...

All of that has served as a prelude to their latest doc, Endurance (co-directed by Natalie Hewit) , about polar explorer Ernest Shackleton’s legendary 1914-1917 Trans-Antarctic expedition ...

Driven by a desire to explore, Shackleton joined the 1901 Antarctic expedition led by Robert Scott, best known as the leader of the Terra Nova Expedition. Shackleton and Scott braved sub-zero ...

In 1907, Shackleton led the Nimrod expedition, breaking previous records by reaching latitude 88°23′ S, just 97.5 nautical miles from the South Pole.

After this he was the leader of the Nimrod Expedition (1907-1909), which saw him and three other men come closest yet to the South Pole, reaching 88°23′ S, or 97 geographical miles (112 statute ...