More than a century after it sank off the coast of Antarctica, polar explorer Ernest Shackleton's ship HMS Endurance has been located, apparently intact and in good condition. The ship, which sank in ...

Over a century after it sank to the depths of the Weddell Sea off the coast of Antarctica, the lost ship of Anglo-Irish explorer Ernest Shackleton, has been found. In 1915 the Endurance was trapped by ...

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EXCLUSIVE: “On October 26th, the end came,” says the grave voice of explorer Ernest Shackleton, as his crew unload animals and cargo from his ill-fated ship, Endurance, which was lost during the ...

Ernest Shackleton’s expeditions were feats associated with “imperialist expansionism”, the buyer of the explorer’s Polar Medal has argued in a bid to take it overseas. A foreign collector made the ...

A photograph of the Endurance stuck in ice before it sank to the bottom of the Weddell Sea in 1915 © Royal Geographical Society-IBG Ever since the Endurance sank in ...

Heroes of Antarctic exploration have played a crucial role in research that suggests the area of sea ice around Antarctica has barely changed in size in 100 years. Ice observations recorded in the ...

In 1914, an ambitious trans-antarctic expedition was organized by scientist/explorer Ernest Henry Shackleton. But during the middle of winter, his ship, the Endurance, was caught and crushed in the ...

Ernest Shackleton was sailing for Antarctica on the ship, called the Quest, when he died in 1922. Researchers exulted over the discovery of its wreckage, 62 years after it sank in the Labrador Sea. By ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - A group of intrepid explorers are readying themselves for the first-ever recreation of the epic voyage made by British explorer Ernest Shackleton on his ill-fated attempt to reach ...

It seems Ernest Shackleton’s legend has set sail again, this time courtesy of National Geographic and Disney+, which just released a new documentary on the discovery of the famed Anglo Irish ...