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Ernest Shackleton (1874 - 1922)

Ernest Shackleton  ©Shackleton was an Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer, best known for leading the 'Endurance' expedition of 1914-16.

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 he become a doctor, he joined the merchant navy when he was 16 and qualified as a master mariner in 1898. He travelled widely but was keen to explore the poles.

In 1901, Shackleton was chosen to go on the Antarctic expedition led by British naval officer Robert Falcon Scott on the ship 'Discovery'. With Scott and one other, Shackleton trekked towards the South Pole in extremely difficult conditions, getting closer to the Pole than anyone had come before. Shackleton became seriously ill and had to return home but had gained valuable experience.

Back in Britain, Shackleton spent some time as a journalist and was then elected secretary of the Scottish Royal Geographical Society. In 1906, he unsuccessfully stood for par

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Ernest Shackleton

Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer (1874–1922)

"Shackleton" redirects here. For other uses, see Shackleton (disambiguation).

Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton (15 February 1874 – 5 January 1922) was an Anglo-IrishAntarctic 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 Antarctic Exploration.

Born in Kilkea, County Kildare, Ireland, Shackleton and his Anglo-Irish family[1] moved to Sydenham in suburban south London when he was ten. Shackleton's first experience of the polar regions was as third officer on Captain Robert Falcon Scott's Discovery Expedition of 1901–1904, from which he was sent home early on health grounds, after he and his companions Scott and Edward Adrian Wilson set a new southern record by marching to latitude 82°S. During the Nimrod Expedition of 1907–1909, he and three companions established a new record Farthest South latitude of 88°23′ S, only 97 geographical miles (112 statute miles or 180 kilometres) from the South Pole, th

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Shackleton, Ernest Henry

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Alias: Nemo, Shacks, The Boss

Title: Sir

Dates: 1874-1922

Nationality: British

Awards:Kane Gold Medal (1910); Geographical Society of Chicago, Helen Culver Gold Medal (1910); Imperial Geographical Society, St Petersburg, Gold Medal (1910); Geographical Society of Berlin Gold Medal (1910)

Ernest Henry Shackleton was born on 15 February 1874 in Kilkea, Ireland, one of six children of Anglo-Irish parents. In 1880, the family moved from their farm to Dublin, where his father Henry studied medicine. On qualifying in 1884, his father took up a practice in south London, and between 1887 and 1890, Shackleton was educated at Dulwich College. On leaving school, he entered the Merchant Navy, serving in the square-rigged ship Hoghton Tower until 1894 when he transferred to tramp steamers. In 1896, he qualified as first mate, and two years later, was certified as master, joining the Union Castle line in 1899.

In 1901 he became a sub-lieutenant in the Royal Naval Reserve, and joined the British National Antarctic Exped

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