Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton, CVO, OBE (15 February 1874 - 5 January 1922) was an Anglo-Irish explorer who was one of the principal figures of the period known as the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. His first experience of the polar regions was as third officer on CaptainRobert Falcon Scott's Discovery Expedition, 1901-04, from which he was sent home early on health grounds. Determined to make amends for this perceived personal failure, he returned to Antarctica in 1907 as leader of the Nimrod Expedition. In January 1909 he and three companions made a southern march which established a record Farthest South latitude at 88°23'S, 97geographical miles (114 statute miles, 190 km) from the South Pole, by far the closest convergence in exploration history up to that time. For this achievement, Shackleton was knighted by King Edward VII on his return home.
After the race to the South Pole ended in 1912 with Roald Amundsen's conquest, Shackleton turned his attention to what he said was the one remaining great object of Antarctic journeying-the crossing of the continent from sea to sea, via the pole. To this end he made preparations for what became the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1914-17. Disaster struck this expedition when its ship, Endurance, was trapped in pack ice and slowly crushed, before the shore parties could be landed. There followed a sequence of exploits, and an ultimate escape with no lives lost, that would eventually assure Shackleton's heroic status, although this was not immediately evident. In 1921 he went back to the Antarctic with the Shackleton-Rowett Expedition, intending to carry out a programme of scientific and survey activities. Before the expedition could begin this work Shackleton died of a heart attack while his ship, Quest, was moored in South Georgia. At his wife's request he was buried there.
Away from his expeditions, Shackleton's life was generally restless and unfulfilled. In his search for rapid pathways to wealth and security he launched many business ventures and other money-making schemes, none of which prospered. His financial affairs were generally muddled; when he died he was heavily in debt. On his death he was lauded in the press, but was thereafter largely forgotten, while the heroic reputation of his rival Scott was sustained for many decades. At the end of the 20th century Shackleton was "rediscovered," and rapidly became a cult figure, a role model for leadership as one who, in extreme circumstances, kept his team together to accomplish a survival story which polar historian Stephanie Barczewski describes as "incredible".
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∙ 13y agoSir Ernest Henry Shackleton sailed on The Nimrod, and Discovery. But the expedition he led was the Endurance. ASS
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Ernest Shackleton was born in 1878 in Kilkea, County Kildare, Ireland. The Shackleton family moved to Sydenham, a London suburb, in 1884.
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Sir ernest shackleton survived when his boat sank by jumping off the boat and collecting everthing they needed off the boat and sir ernest told his crew to get off the boat before it sank.
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There were 28 crew members aboard the Endurance during the ill-fated Antarctic expedition led by Sir Ernest Shackleton in 1914.
Ernest Shackleton was knighted and became Sir Ernest Shackleton in 1909.
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Sir Ernest Shackleton was born on February 15, 1874.
Sir Ernest Bullock was born on September 15, 1890.
Sir Ernest Bullock was born on September 15, 1890.
Sir Ernest Bullock died on May 24, 1979 at the age of 88.
Sir Ernest Shackleton had three children: Raymond, Cecily, and Edward.
Ernest Henry Shackleton CVO OBE was a famous explorer. He was part of many expeditions Arctic, Antarctic plus lots more. He died of a heart attack while on board a ship and was buried on the island of South Georgia.