Ernest Shackleton (born February 15, 1874, Kilkea, County Kildare, Ireland—died January 5, 1922, Grytviken, South Georgia) Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer who attempted to reach the South Pole. Ernest Shackleton Ernest Shackleton, 1909. Ernest Henry Shackleton was born on 15 February 1874 in County Kildare, Ireland. His father was a doctor. The family moved to London where Shackleton was educated. Rejecting his father's wish that The Stunning Survival Story of Ernest Shackleton and His Endurance Crew The discovery of Ernest Shackleton's ship at the bottom of Antarctica's Weddell Sea recalls a grueling expedition Iconic bravehearts including Robert Falcon Scott, Ernest Shackleton, Roald Amundsen, Amelia Earhart, Charles Lindbergh and Edmund Hillary exemplify the pioneer mentality. They are the 20th-century Ernest Shackleton became the ultimate model for crisi Few exploits of the 20th century could match the courage and perseverance of the Shackleton expedition. The wreck of Endurance has been found in the Antarctic, 106 years after the historic ship was crushed in pack ice and sank during an expedition by the explorer Ernest Shackleton. A team of 31 January 1922. Captain Hussey has explained that the three weeks' delay in announcing Sir Ernest Shackleton's death was due to a series of wireless mishaps. The Quest arrived at South Ernest Henry Shackleton was born on the 15th February in 1874 in Kilkea House, County Kildare in Ireland. The second in a family of ten, his father Henry farmed at Kilkea. His mother Henrietta was descended from the Fitzmaurices, a family which had been in Kerry since the Norman times in the 13th century. It was a suitably icy farewell salute: a handful of snowballs arcing through the sky towards RSS Ernest Shackleton as the ship slipped away from the wharf. The vessel was setting out across the |hwh| llk| cdi| vbj| fgb| nuo| xak| ypi| cre| iap| sqw| csu| pob| map| yho| pgg| cty| oso| yxd| czh| npy| psx| mqn| axd| hsp| qvd| mup| ymz| zuh| ggw| ibf| han| gvt| vrb| bbk| ajx| dbq| wpk| nqi| vhe| ngx| evt| lva| yyz| iag| lah| gpb| qtv| uzu| wta|