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

For the past century, Ernest Shackleton’s ship Endurance ... bows and peer through the portholes into the inky black cabin ...

Citizen historians have spent decades searching for the original text of Shackleton’s advertisement. Now, some say it might ...

Ernest Shackleton died on this day ... Shackleton suffered a heart attack in his cabin in 1922. He died on the ship and was buried at South Georgia. After his death, he slipped into obscurity ...

In Ernest Shackleton's view, there was only one course of action. Never mind that it was an act of desperation. He and a few of his men would have to leave Antarctica's Elephant Island and summon ...

Use these lesson plans to help your students understand more about Ernest Shackleton's leadership, what the Antarctic is like, how sailors can determine their latitude at night, and the ...

A new documentary titled Endurance has premiered, bringing to life the remarkable survival story of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s ill-fated 1914 Antarctic expedition. The film, from National ...