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On Aug. 30, 1916, crew members of the aptly named Endurance were rescued after a long stay in polar conditions.
Frank Hurley was Shackleton's photographer and cinematographer on the doomed 1914 Antarctic expedition during which their ship, Endurance, sank.
Interestingly, it’s not because the planned expedition was successful, but because despite failure and minimal chances of survival, Shackleton and his crew managed to escape the grip of the ice. Their ...
The lost ship of Victorian explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton can be seen in incredible detail for the first time. The Endurance ...
The Endurance, commanded by explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton on an expedition to traverse Antarctica from one coast to another, sank in the Weddell Sea in November 1915 as its 27-member crew looked on.
Ernest Shackleton’s ship, the Endurance, was discovered in 2022 at the bottom of the Weddell Sea after more than 100 years on the ocean floor. Now, a team of researchers has sent specially ...
LOS ANGELES -- National Geographic's documentary "Endurance" chronicles the incredible true story of how Sir Ernest Shackleton kept his crew of 27 men alive after their ship, Endurance, sank in ...
To tell the original story, they opted to use AI to capture Shackleton and six crew members' diary entries in their own voices, based on other recordings.
Shackleton is a case in point. Despite his heroic efforts to lead his crew to safety, the crisis he faced was largely of his own making.
In this spirit, I sketch what I know about Sir Ernest Shackleton, the British explorer who attempted to be the first to lead a crew of men across the Antarctic. In November, 1915, their ship ...
A new 3D scan has revealed previously unseen details of the wreck of Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton’s HMS Endurance, which was found in 2022 – more than a century after the ship sank.
Our obsession with the Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton is emblematic of a problematic tendency: that of celebrating brash leaders.