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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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.

The next South Pole expedition of any importance was ... Into approximately the same period as Shackleton's expedition falls Charcot's voyage on the “Pourquoi Pas” in the Antarctic (1908-1910).

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 ...

"He's probably best known for his Endurance expedition ... he got closer to the South Pole than any other European explorer. Shackleton's most famous mission was his plan to cross the South ...

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 ...