British polar explorer Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton established his place in the annals of history after ensuring the survival of his entire crew following the shipwreck of Endurance in 1915. A new ...

“She was doomed, no ship built by human hands could have withstood the strain.” When polar explorer Ernest Shackleton wrote this journal entry on October 27, 1915, his dreams of reaching Antarctica ...

A museum dedicated to the polar explorer Ernest Shackleton has reopened in Co Kildare after a multi-million redevelopment which includes an iceberg-like extension. The Antarctic explorer, who was born ...

The explorer’s journey to Antarctica was likely doomed before it began. By Sara Novak On Oct. 27, 1915, after being caught and crushed by packed ice for nine months in the Weddell Sea off Antarctica, ...

The Shackleton Museum’s iceberg-inspired glass structure in Athy, County Kildare, which is part of a new museum celebrating the life of explorer Ernest Shackleton (Niall Carson/PA) A museum dedicated ...

Sir Ernest Shackleton's ship, Endurance, was crushed by Antarctic sea ice and sank in November 1915. Emblematic of the heroic age of Antarctic exploration, it is widely considered the strongest polar ...