The great British explorer Ernest Shackleton is very hot these days — in marked contrast to how he and his hardy band felt during their 1914-1916 expedition to Antarctica. The “most glorious failure” ...
``Men wanted for hazardous journey. Small wages. Bitter cold. Long months of complete darkness. Constant danger. Safe return doubtful. Honor and recognition in case of success.'' So read the ...
What if one of the most famous and formidable Antarctic exploration vessels in history, whose crew's story of shipwreck and survival has been told for more than a century, wasn't as strong as legend ...
The explorer’s journey to Antarctica was likely doomed before it began. By Sara Novak On Oct. 27, 1915, after being caught and crushed by packed ice for nine months in the Weddell Sea off Antarctica, ...
``Men wanted for hazardous journey. Small wages. Bitter cold. Long months of complete darkness. Constant danger. Safe return doubtful. Honor and recognition in case of success.'' So read the ...
“She was doomed, no ship built by human hands could have withstood the strain.” When polar explorer Ernest Shackleton wrote this journal entry on October 27, 1915, his dreams of reaching Antarctica ...
ST. JOHN'S, Newfoundland — The wreck of the last ship belonging to Sir Ernest Shackleton, a famous Irish-born British explorer of Antarctica, has been found off the coast of Labrador in Canada, 62 ...
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