Ernest Shackleton
Anglo-Irish explorer (1874-1922). Ernest Shackleton conducted exploration in Antarctica. In 1914, he sailed to Antarctica on an expedition to cross the continent, but his ship Endurance became trapped in the sea ice and was eventually crushed. This began a long journey of survival across ice and ocean for Shackleton and his crew to reach safety.
Ernest Shackleton. (Library of Congress, LC-DIG-ggbain-31994, https://www.loc.gov/item/2014712147/)
Shackleton's ship Endurance, trapped in the Antarctic sea ice. (Library of Congress, LC-USZ62-17179, https://www.loc.gov/item/2013646113/)
Shackleton's ship Endurance being crushed in the Antarctic sea ice. Dogs sit nearby. (Library of Congress, LC-USZ62-10325, https://www.loc.gov/item/2013646126/)
Ice in the Weddell Sea, with the Endurance trapped in sea ice in the background. Shackleton and his crew would have to travel across ice and ocean in a journey of survival to escape the Antarctic region. (Library of Congress, LC-USZ62-16497, https://www.loc.gov/item/2013646122/)
Members of Shackton's expedition manning a boat as part of their journey of survival to leave Antarctica. (Library of Congress, LC-USZ62-9523, https://www.loc.gov/item/2013646116/)
Members of Shackleton's expedition on Elephant Island, a remote island in the Southern Ocean. (Library of Congress, LC-USZ62-10323, https://www.loc.gov/item/2013646124/)
Writings
South: The Story of Shackleton’s Last Expedition 1914-1917, by Sir Ernest Shackleton C.V.O.
This is Ernest Shackleton’s account of his troubled Antarctic expedition, published in 1919.
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