It's probably fair to say that adventurer Ernest Shackleton's attempt to cross the 2,000-mile Antarctic continent in 1914 was a successful failure. But it's also a terrific story of leadership, ...

The world today is smaller and less mysterious than when Endurance sank. At the same time, we know too much about the past to be nostalgic. By Jody Rosen “Gents, I want to introduce you to the ...

December 5, 2014, marks the 100th anniversary of the start of one of the most audacious adventures in the 20th century’s “Heroic Age of Exploration,” Sir Ernest Shackleton’s quest to become the first ...

A new museum dedicated to the life of the explorer Ernest Shackleton opens in Athy in Co Kildare today. The Shackleton Experience uses artefacts and interactive elements to try and recreate the ...

Sometimes the greatest victories are hidden in defeats. Sir Ernest Shackleton wanted to be the first man to reach the South Pole, the first to cross Antarctica. He failed at both. “Shackleton, The ...

After a 19-day voyage to the southern reaches of the world, this lifelong wanderer came away with a new reverence for the explorers of centuries past. Twelve hundred miles off the southernmost tip of ...

The tale of Antarctic explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton and his crew surviving a shipwreck and harsh conditions is one of hope and perseverance. And it turned out the ship carrying them endured its own ...

Explorer's cabin had been used as a shed in Norway for most of a century — but now it's been brought back to his Irish birthplace and meticulously restored Ernest Shackleton on board the Endurance in ...

This story is a collaboration with Biography.com. Earlier this month, the Royal Canadian Geographical Society discovered a historic shipwreck in the North West Atlantic. The expedition used sonar ...

El viaje del explorador a la Antártida probablemente estaba condenado al fracaso antes de comenzar. By Sara Novak The explorer’s journey to Antarctica was likely doomed before it began. By Sara Novak ...