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

The account of Shackleton’s journey to Elephant Island, then in the James Caird to South Georgia, the crossing of South Georgia and his four subsequent attempts to rescue the remainder of his ...

Related: In photos: Searching for Shackleton's 'Endurance' shipwreck The crew set off from South Georgia ... when they reached the uninhabited Elephant Island, about 150 miles (241 kilometers ...

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

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 ...

Within days of their arrival at Stromness, and with the three men on the other side of South Georgia rescued, Shackleton secured the use of a vessel to head back to Elephant Island in the hopes of ...