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On January 29, reviewing the exhibition The Heart Of The Great Alone at Buckingham Palace, we said Ernest Shackleton’s 1914-17 Antarctic expedition was aboard the Endeavour. In fact, the ship was the Endurance. Last week we said Amy Childs from The Only
TWO pairs of skis belonging to Robert F. Scott of the Antarctic that went missing from his hut 57 years ago have been recovered after an amnesty on "lost" items. The wooden skis with leather bindings are thought to have been used by the explorer himself
Sixteen-year-old British girl Amelia Hempleman-Adams (L) is presented with a coin and a photogragh of Antartic explorer Ernest Shackleton by his grand-daughter Alexandra Shackleton (R) at The Queen's Gallery at Buckingham Palace in London on November... View Photo »
This would be discussed very seriously ... and alterations and improvements suggested, and then they would turn into their [sleeping] bags to dream of wonderful meals they could never reach.
As Ernest Shackleton knew, nothing is more essential for an epic expedition than good Scotch. Unlike the intrepid Antarctic explorer, however, the Walking With The Wounded team attempting to scale Everest this year on behalf of the military charity won't
In 1914, Ernest Shackleton and a crew of 27 men set out to explore the South Pole. At the time, Antarctica must have seemed forbidding and inviolate: A realm of perpetual ice, and nature at its most primal. The men were left at the mercy of the elements
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Sixteen-year-old British girl Amelia Hempleman-Adams poses in front of a Union Flag in The Queen's Gallery at Buckingham Palace in London on November 3, 2011. Hempleman-Adams is set to bid to become the youngest person to ski to the South Pole when she... View Photo »
Anglo-Irish explorer Ernest Shackleton’s 1914 trans-Antarctic expedition is reignited by a contemporary dilemma: a changing environment and the planet’s uncertain future. The performances uses theatre, dance, puppetry, photography and film to create impr
Ernest Shackleton’s 1914 trip across Antarctica is a legendary tale—the explorer’s attempt to cross the continent resulted in a stranded ship that later sank and required a valiant rescue effort to save the lives of his crew. You can see the expedition d
Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton CVO OBE, (15 February 1874 – 5 January 1922) was an Anglo-Irish explorer who was one of the principal figures of the period known as the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. His first experience of the polar regions was as third officer on Captain Scott’s Discovery Expedition, 1901–04, from which he was sent home... Full Article
A Huntley and Palmers biscuit from Ernest Shackleton's unsuccessful Nimrod expedition to the South Pole,1907-1909, is pictured at Christie's auction house in London, on September 28, 2011. The biscuit is expected to fetch between GBP 1,000-1,500 (dollars 1,558-2,337 or euros...
View Photo »Sixteen-year-old British girl Amelia Hempleman-Adams (L) is presented with a coin and a photogragh of Antartic explorer Ernest Shackleton by his grand-daughter Alexandra Shackleton (R) at The Queen's Gallery at Buckingham Palace in London on November 3, 2011 as she launches a bid to...
View Photo »Sixteen-year-old British girl Amelia Hempleman-Adams poses in front of a Union Flag in The Queen's Gallery at Buckingham Palace in London on November 3, 2011. Hempleman-Adams is set to bid to become the youngest person to ski to the South Pole when she joins her adventurer father David...
View Photo »A Huntley and Palmers biscuit from Ernest Shackleton's unsuccessful Nimrod expedition to the South Pole,1907-1909, is pictured at Christie's auction house in London, on September 28, 2011. The biscuit is expected to fetch between GBP 1,000-1,500 (dollars 1,558-2,337 or euros...
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