Irish-born explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton waves good-bye as his ship leaves Millwall Docks for the Antarctic in early August 1914. When it comes to staying informed in Minnesota, our newsletters ...

The film crosscuts between Shackleton's expedition, which was all filmed, and the 2022 attempt to retrace his path and find the wreck of his ship. The voyage of the Titanic took place in 1912, two ...

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 ...

To decide what to rescue from the sinking Endurance and compare those decisions to ones made by Sir Ernest Shackleton. copy of "Weighty Decisions" student handout (plus an additional copy for each ...

The wreck of the ship used for Sir Ernest Shackleton's final Antarctic expedition has been located by the Royal Canadian Geographical Society (RCGS) off the coast of Labrador. The Quest, aboard which ...

Sometimes shipwrecks contain sunken treasure, cargoes of gold or jewelry that tempt bounty hunters to risk treacherous seas in pursuit of lucrative rewards. Other shipwrecks are themselves the ...

The explorer’s journey to Antarctica was likely doomed before it began. By Sara Novak Ernest Shackleton was sailing for Antarctica on the ship, called the Quest, when he died in 1922. Researchers ...

Oct. 6 (UPI) --Sir Ernest Shackleton's polar ship, Endurance, was considered to be the strongest of its time but the vessel had significant structural weaknesses that caused its demise -- and an ...