Shackleton descendants train for South Pole trek.(News)

From: The Birmingham Post (England) | Date: April 28, 2008 | Copyright information

Byline: By Sam Marsden

Three descendants of Sir Ernest Shackleton and his team, including a Midland soldier, are carrying out gruelling training in Greenland to prepare for an attempt to complete the explorer's failed journey to the South Pole.

The modern adventurers will set out this October, exactly 100 years after the original expedition and following the same full 900- mile, 80-day route as their predecessors.

Shackleton's crew were forced to t...

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