Sue Halliwell marks the 150th anniversary of polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton’s birth by tracing his ill-fated British ...

The government and treasury of the South Georgia & South Sandwich ... eventually reaching Elephant Island. Taking five fellow crew members, Shackleton went to find help in a small boat where ...

On 24 April 1916 Shackleton and five of his men began an epic 800-mile open-boat voyage to South Georgia, leaving the remaining 22 men behind on Elephant Island After three frustrated rescue ...

To the explorer Ernest Shackleton—whose ... majority of which breed on South Georgia. Likewise, hundreds of thousands of southern elephant seals come to the island each summer to breed and ...

South Georgia is a resurrected wonderland of Southern Ocean fauna after the ravages of the sealing and whaling eras. Today it ...

and the crew forced to sail to Elephant Island in open boats. Shackleton then sailed 720 nautical miles with select crewmates and climbed the mountains on the island of South Georgia in order to ...

Currently, A23a is about 280km from the island. South Georgia will be familiar to many fans of polar exploration. It's the spot where Ernest Shackleton and five men landed after an incredible 1 ...

Shackleton had set out in November ... terrain and launching them in tumultuous seas to reach Elephant Island and then South ...

In Ernest Shackleton's view ... on the remote but inhabited island of South Georgia. That they survived such a long voyage despite stormy weather and ferocious seas in a small boat is remarkable ...

The crew was able to row to Elephant Island, where 22 remained, while Shackleton and five others attempted the desperate 800-mile voyage to inhabited South Georgia Island. This incredible ...