Shackleton, 47, was found dead in his bed aboard the ship Quest while it was anchored off the coast of South Georgia Island. After Shackleton’s death, the Norwegian-built, schooner-rigged ...

Shackleton struggled across 26 miles of ... and Britain’s South Atlantic territories, Falkland Islands and South Georgia among others. The Type 23 is due home in Devonport in September.

Shackleton decided to take action. He and five men climbed into a small whaling boat and sailed 800 miles across the open sea to South Georgia Island. All 28 men survived—and Shackleton went ...

Related: In photos: Searching for Shackleton's 'Endurance' shipwreck The crew set off from South Georgia, an island in the South Atlantic Ocean, in August 1914. But before the Endurance could ...

Despite the loss of the ship, Shackleton famously managed to save his entire crew. He led a treacherous journey in lifeboats across 800 miles of rough seas to reach South Georgia Island.

A23a has run aground in the Southern Ocean after years adrift. But could it continue on its collision course in the future?

The government and treasury of the South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands issued on 26 February new crown coins that commemorate the birth of the famous explorer, Sir Ernest Shackleton. Born on ...

The account of Shackleton’s journey to Elephant Island, then in the James Caird to South Georgia, the crossing of South Georgia and his four subsequent attempts to rescue the remainder of his ...

Shackleton made the trip to the island in just three weeks ... concern is penguins in their summer breeding cycle. "South Georgia is an amazingly ecologically rich island. It's a breeding ...

Shackleton and five crew members undertook an audacious 1,200-kilometer voyage across the treacherous Southern Ocean in a small lifeboat. Upon reaching South Georgia Island, they had to traverse ...