Captain Robert Falcon Scott. In the documentary, the expedition leader, Dr. John Shears, states that Shackleton had the ability to persuade Scott to take "a merchant marine all the way to the ...

On learning of the three deaths, he and his two companions laid down on the ice, signalling the Aurora's captain about the lost men. At Shackleton's behest, they searched for Mackintosh and ...

which had been hit hard in 1911 when Norwegian Roald Amundsen beat Captain Robert Scott to the South Pole. Shackleton had ...

Ernest Shackleton’s lost ship, Endurance ... just four miles south of the location recorded at the time by ship’s captain, Frank Worsley. Receive a weekly dose of discovery in your inbox!

with Shackleton, Endurance’s captain Frank Worsley, and Tom Crean on board, passed through the channels on the west side of Tierra del Fuego, picking up coal at Picton Island before sailing ...

After three frustrated attempts to rescue the Elephant Island group, Shackleton persuaded the Chilean Government to provide the Yelcho (a 36.5 meter steam tug) under Captain Pardo. With Shackleton ...

Captain Robert Falcon Scott ... In 1902, Scott, Dr. Edward Wilson, and Ernest Shackleton set out with dog teams and sledges aiming to be the first to reach the South Pole. They pushed south ...

The expedition - which included Ernest Shackleton - reached further south than anyone before them and Scott returned to Britain a national hero. He had caught the exploring bug and began to plan ...