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About Ernest Shackleton

Polar Explorer. Leader of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1914-1917.

Ice cliffs, Coats Land

Posted on January 10, 2015 by Ernest Shackleton

[The ice cliffs of Coats’ Land, Antarctica, eastern edge of the Weddell Sea. Named by William S. Bruce, Scottish National Antarctic Expedition, 1902.] “We were now in the vicinity of the land discovered by Dr. W. S. Bruce, leader of … Continue reading →

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On first looking into Chapman’s Homer

Posted on January 9, 2015 by Ernest Shackleton

On first looking into Chapman’s Homer MUCH have I travell’d in the realms of gold, And many goodly states and kingdoms seen; Round many western islands have I been Which bards in fealty to Apollo hold. Oft of one wide … Continue reading →

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Letting the dogs out

Posted on January 8, 2015 by Ernest Shackleton

“There was some open water north of the floe, but as the day was calm and I did not wish to use coal in a possibly vain search for an opening to the southward, I kept the ship moored to … Continue reading →

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A fine cunieform mass

Posted on January 6, 2015 by Ernest Shackleton

“At 10:00 a.m. we entered long leads of ice free water, in which were drifting some fine bergs of magnificent forms. One a fine cuneiform mass 200 feet high, I photographed.” — Frank Hurley

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Leopard Seal – National Geographic

Posted on January 1, 2015 by Ernest Shackleton

National Geographic photographer Paul Nicklen meets a leopard seal.

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No doubt the explorers of 2015…

Posted on January 1, 2015 by Ernest Shackleton

“I do so wish sometimes, that I could just pop home for an hour or two as easily in the flesh as in the spirit. No doubt the explorers of 2015, if there is anything left to explore, will not … Continue reading →

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New Years 1915

Posted on December 31, 2014 by Ernest Shackleton

“The ship had a serious encounter with the ice on the morning of December 31. We were stopped first by floes closing around us, and then about noon the Endurance got jammed between two floes heading east-north-east. The pressure heeled the ship … Continue reading →

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A glow of crimson and gold

Posted on December 30, 2014 by Ernest Shackleton

[George Marston, illustration of the Antarctic midnight sun from the Nimrod Expedition, 1907-09] An examination of the horizon disclosed considerable breaks in the vast circle of pack-ice, interspersed with bergs of different sizes. Leads could be traced in various directions, … Continue reading →

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The sinking of the Antarctic

Posted on December 29, 2014 by Ernest Shackleton

January 10, 1903: “In his diary on January 10, 1903, scientist Carl Skottsberg wrote, “During the afternoon the pressure on the sides of the vessel — which had begun yesterday — could scarcely be marked, but after dinner, just as … Continue reading →

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Nordenskjöld’s diary

Posted on December 28, 2014 by Ernest Shackleton

“We were now sailing a sea across which none had hitherto voyaged. The weather had changed as if by magic; it seemed as though the Antarctic world repented of the inhospitable way in which it had received us the previous … Continue reading →

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