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Sir Earnest Shackleton's efforts always pointed toward Antarctica until his final expedition in 1920. According to the Fisher book on Shackleton -- Fisher, Margery and James (1957). Shackleton. James Barrie Books Ltd. -- '. . . He thought seriously of going to the Beaufort Sea area of the Arctic, a largely unexplored region, and raised some interest in this idea from the Canadian government.'

His final expedition, however, returned him to Antarctica, where he died in 1922, and is buried on South Georgia island

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