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2 days ago · A virtual reality film opening at the Australian Museum on Saturday brings to life Shackleton’s tale of endurance, and highlights the changes to the ice since his trip more than 100 years ago.
5 days ago · Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton is best known as a polar explorer who was associated with four expeditions exploring Antarctica, particularly the Trans-Antarctic (Endurance) Expedition (1914–16) that he led, which, although unsuccessful, became famous as a tale of remarkable perseverance and survival.
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3 days ago · To this end, he made preparations for what became the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914–1917. The expedition was struck by disaster when its ship, Endurance, became trapped in pack ice and finally sank in the Weddell Sea off Antarctica on 21 November 1915.
Jun 12, 2024 · The Endurance sank in 1915 during Shackleton’s journey to attempt the first land crossing of the Antarctic, after the ship was trapped by heavy ice in the Weddell Sea near the northernmost part...
Jun 13, 2024 · Famed polar explorer Ernest Shackleton famously defied the odds to survive the sinking of his ship, Endurance, which became trapped in sea ice in 1914. His luck ran out on his follow-up...
Jun 12, 2024 · The irony, of course, is this was the exact same damage inflicted on Shackleton's Endurance - the ship he used on his ill-fated Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914–1917.
Jun 13, 2024 · Shackleton went down in expeditionary legend after an epic escape he and his 27 companions made – on foot and in boats – after another of his ships, Endurance, sank in icy seas off Antarctica in 1915.
