Over the years, physicians and historians have attributed Shackleton's failing health during his Antarctic expeditions to scurvy or a congenital heart defect. By studying other explorers and learning ...

Explorer Fiennes (Cold) draws on his own experiences in Antarctica in this sympathetic if somewhat dry biography of polar explorer Ernest Shackleton (1874-1921). Fiennes contends that Shackleton's ...

This story originally appeared on Mental Floss. Anglo-Irish explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton made four expeditions to Antarctica in the early 20th century, failing in many of his objectives but becoming ...

The wreck of the ship used for Sir Ernest Shackleton's final Antarctic expedition has been located by the Royal Canadian Geographical Society (RCGS) off the coast of Labrador. The Quest, aboard which ...

The explorer’s journey to Antarctica was likely doomed before it began. By Sara Novak Ernest Shackleton was sailing for Antarctica on the ship, called the Quest, when he died in 1922. Researchers ...

To decide what to rescue from the sinking Endurance and compare those decisions to ones made by Sir Ernest Shackleton. copy of "Weighty Decisions" student handout (plus an additional copy for each ...

The wreck of one of the most famous exploration ships in history has been located. Using a robotic submersible, the Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust has found Sir Ernest Shackleton's Endurance, which ...

This story is a collaboration with Biography.com. Earlier this month, the Royal Canadian Geographical Society discovered a historic shipwreck in the North West Atlantic. The expedition used sonar ...

Researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) appear to have solved the 120-year-old mystery surrounding the failing health of famed Antarctic explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton over the course of ...

Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton was an Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer who led three British expeditions to the Antarctic. He was one of the principal figures of the period known as the Heroic Age of ...