Shackleton, Sir Ernest Henry
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Shackleton, Sir Ernest Henry (1874–1922). Almost the antithesis of
Scott as an explorer, Shackleton was impetuous and restless. He successfully applied to join Scott's Antarctic expedition of 1901–4. Sledging with Scott himself, he reached 82 degrees south in 1902. Shackleton raised enough support to take his own expedition back to the Antarctic in 1907–8 where he discovered and named the Beardmore Glacier. Shackleton himself reached 88 degrees south, only 97 miles from the Pole. He was encouraged to lead an official expedition aiming to explore from the Weddell Sea and cross the continent to the Ross Sea. Ordered to go ahead despite the Great War, Shackleton lost his ship
Endurance when it was crushed by ice in November 1915. With sledges and small boats, he led his men to Elephant Island by the following April, sailed in an open boat to South Georgia, returned to rescue his men, and then visited the Ross Sea. He set out on a third Antarctic expedition in 1921 but died suddenly after reaching South Georgia.
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A cool half million for Antarctic huts trust.(Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton and Robert Falcon Scott's hut to be protected )(Brief article)
Magazine article from: Geographical; 8/1/2006; ; 679 words
; ...Island in Antarctica used by Sir Ernest Shackleton and Captain Robert Falcon Scott...assistance to help conserve Shackleton's Hut at Cape Royds, but...Dance's grandfather was Shackleton's brother-in-law.
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EDITOR'S LETTER.(overview; explorations by Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton and Robert Falcon Scott)(Brief Article)(Editorial)
Magazine article from: Geographical; 1/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...explorers, such as Scott and Shackleton, has never been greater. Although...beaten to the South Pole, while Shackleton's greatest journey was made...round-the-world yacht race. Sir Chay Blyth and Sir Robin Knox-Johnston explain...
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Branagh brings Shackleton's amazing journey to life
Newspaper article from: Daily Breeze; 4/7/2002; ; 700+ words
; Branagh brings Shackleton's amazing journey to life Some...less abandoned his children. But Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton, the Antarctic explorer, continuesto...out, against unbelievable odds. Shackleton was a classic quixotic character...
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SHACKLETON'S TRIP: A NEW LOOK AT THE ANTARCTIC ADVENTURE
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 11/16/2001; ; 671 words
; ...history is an understatement. Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton's expedition to the Antarctic...and remarkable tenacity. The Shackleton expedition and rescue, documented...documentary "The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition...
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 "The Evening Standard (London, England)")
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Shackleton's descendants follow footsteps to South Pole; Family affair: Henry Adams, Henry Worsley and Will Gow in Antarctica. Left: Ernest Shackleton.
Newspaper article from: The Evening Standard (London, England); 1/16/2009; 700+ words
; ...SINGH DESCENDANTS of explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton and his team are set to complete...at a time. Led by Lt-Col Henry Worsley, a relation of Shackleton's skipper Frank Worsley...Worsley, 47, is joined by Henry Adams, 33, and David Cornell...
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 "Western Daily Press (Bristol UK)")
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Following in the heroic footsteps of shackleton ; Adescendant of the sea captain who helped Sir Ernest Shackleton avoid a watery grave at the South Pole is training to follow in the icy footsteps of his famous ancestor.
Newspaper article from: Western Daily Press (Bristol UK); 4/29/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...sea captain who helped Sir Ernest Shackleton avoid a watery grave...Army Lieutenant Colonel Henry Worsley is leading a team of men descended from Shackleton's original arctic pioneers...Gow and shipping lawyer Henry Adams will join Colonel...
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 "The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland)")
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Branagh blows in from the cold for TV drama; Belfast's Kenneth Branagh plays Sir Ernest Shackleton in a television drama about the great adventurer's 1914-15 Antartica expedition. IAN STARRETT reports on the four-hour tale that promises to be a highlight of the New Year holiday TV schedules.(Features)
Newspaper article from: The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland); 12/11/2001; 700+ words
; ...Byline: IAN STARRETT SIR Ernest Shackleton was proud to be Anglo...played Shakespeare's Henry V, was chosen to play...leadership and he admires what Shackleton did. "What appealed...changing experience." Sir Ernest Shackleton died in 1922...
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In shackleton's footsteps ; An explorer and his team of Sir Ernest Shackleton descendents have set off in their attempt to complete the famous explorer's failed Antarctic expedition.
Newspaper article from: Western Daily Press (Bristol UK); 11/15/2008; 700+ words
; ...explorer and his team of Sir Ernest Shackleton descendents have set...Lieutenant Colonel Henry Worsley, 46, from Hereford...from the hut built by Shackleton's men at Cape Royds...route which explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton took in 1914...
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Descendants of Sir ernest shackleton and his team aim to reach south pole on centenary of his failed expedition ; The journey is going to be gruelling and packing space is at a premium but six descendants of Sir Ernest Shackleton and his team who hope to complete his failed polar mission have found room for whisky and cigars to celebrate if they reach the South Pole.
Newspaper article from: Western Daily Press (Bristol UK); 10/6/2008; 700+ words
; ...but six descendants of Sir Ernest Shackleton and his team who hope...mark the centenary of Shackleton's expedition by finishing...Army Lieutenant Colonel Henry Worsley, from Hereford...but went on to become Shackleton's skipper on the Endurance...
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Luvvie in a cold climate Kenneth Branagh is no stranger to ambition: he dared to take on Olivier at the age of 26, and wrote his autobiography at just 28. But in recreating Sir Ernest Shackleton's heroic Antarctic journey of 1914, was he facing up - at 41 - to a challenge too far?
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 12/31/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...different haircuts. In Shackleton, to be shown this week...British polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton. He has dark hair with...Olivier by remaking Henry V when he was only 26...that we talk only about Shackleton. We are not permitted...
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Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton The British explorer Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton (1874-1922) is known for his ambitious examination of sections of Antarctica. In the early 20th century, certain nations, especially Great Britain, Norway, and...
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Shackleton, Sir Ernest Henry
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea
Shackleton, Sir Ernest Henry (1874–1922), British...the pole. For these achievements Shackleton received a knighthood. In 1914 he...after drifting for nine months. Only Shackleton's superb natural gifts of leadership...
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Sir Douglas Mawson
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Sir Douglas Mawson Sir Douglas Mawson...surveying the land mass of the continent. Ernest Shackleton, a member of Robert F. Scott's team...Mawson's life and work include Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton, The Heart of the Antarctic (2 vols...
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Arts, Water in the
Book article from: Water:Science and Issues
...Mississippi. Contemporary Writers. Henry David Thoreau's (1817 –...American environmental writing. Henry Beston's The Outermost House...The Survivors, loosely based on Sir Ernest Shackleton's 1914 expedition in which his...
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