On learning of the three deaths, he and his two companions laid down on the ice, signalling the Aurora's captain about the lost men. At Shackleton's behest, they searched for Mackintosh and ...

We all wended our way to the whalers cemetery where we gathered beside Shackleton's grave. I began by calling upon Captain Knowledge Bengu who, not once but twice, battled us through to the heart ...

Captain Cook's Icy Reception The first voyager ... about 175,250 whales were processed there. Shackleton left most of his crew there and set sail in an open boat for about 800 miles across the ...

After three frustrated attempts to rescue the Elephant Island group, Shackleton persuaded the Chilean Government to provide the Yelcho (a 36.5 meter steam tug) under Captain Pardo. With Shackleton ...

The expedition - which included Ernest Shackleton - reached further south than anyone before them and Scott returned to Britain a national hero. He had caught the exploring bug and began to plan ...

How Shackleton and his men then made their escape on foot and in lifeboats is the stuff of legend. Where the Endurance went down is well known; the ship's captain Frank Worsley logged the position ...

Captain Robert Falcon Scott. In the documentary, the expedition leader, Dr. John Shears, states that Shackleton had the ability to persuade Scott to take "a merchant marine all the way to the ...

SIR Ernest Shackleton’s £1.8 million Polar Medal has quietly left the UK after the Government failed to find a British buyer, the Sun on Sunday can reveal. He was one of the most famous ...

The expedition, aboard the Agulhas II, is trying to locate the shipwrecked Endurance, the vessel abandoned by Captain Ernest ...

It seems Ernest Shackleton’s legend has set sail again, this time courtesy of National Geographic and Disney+, which just released a new documentary on the discovery of the famed Anglo Irish ...

What is there, however, is sure to please Marvel fans looking forward to Captain America: Brave New World in a few months ...