The crumbling wooden house on South Georgia Island, where Sir Ernest Shackleton organized the rescue of his crew in 1916, is ...

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 ...

The extraordinary story of Ernest Shackleton and his crew, who endured nearly two years trapped in Antarctic ice when their ...

The historic buildings at a whaling station were built in about 1906 by Norwegian carpenters, but have fallen into disrepair.

"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 had ...

"Three cheers for the dogs" -- A compass pointing south -- The empire's mapmaker -- In Challenger's wake -- Taking the measure of men -- March to the penguins -- Discovering a continent's past -- The ...