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

Shackleton made the trip to the island in just three weeks ... which are in their summer breeding cycle, Meijers said. “South Georgia is an amazingly ecologically rich island.

South Georgia is a resurrected wonderland of Southern Ocean fauna after the ravages of the sealing and whaling eras. Today it ...

Shackleton made the trip to the island in just three weeks. “Usually the icebergs take a bit longer (he had sails),” he said. A map of South Georgia and Sandwich Islands: Eventually ...

The biggest iceberg on Earth is heading toward a remote island, creating a potential threat to penguins and seals inhabiting the area.

Shackleton made the trip to the island in ... The trillion-ton slab of ice — called a megaberg — could slam into South Georgia Island and get stuck or be guided around it by currents.

"This ocean current path has been known since Shackleton's time ... Meijers said. "South Georgia is an amazingly ecologically rich island. It's a breeding ground for a huge number of penguins ...