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 ...

A captain in the Royal Marines, Orde-Lees was in charge of the motor-sledges that would have helped carry Shackleton's team across the continent. A graduate of the English public-school system ...

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!

The expedition, aboard the Agulhas II, is trying to locate the shipwrecked Endurance, the vessel abandoned by Captain Ernest ...

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 ...