A23a has run aground in the Southern Ocean after years adrift. But could it continue on its collision course in the future?

crossing 800 miles of mountainous seas to the whaling stations of South Georgia—that snowy island looked like paradise. Last February photographer Paul Nicklen and I retraced Shackleton's route.

Sailors from HMS Argyll followed in the footsteps of Britain’s greatest polar explorer when they recreated Sir Ernest Shackleton ... the snow and ice of South Georgia Island.

South Georgia Island is isolated from the civilized world and trapped in the most cruel of climates, but it was destined for discovery. From its first recorded sightings more than 300 years ago ...

The 1999 route is marked as a dashed line in green; Shackleton's fateful path is shown as a solid blue line. Click on the inset map of South Georgia to see Shackleton's route across South Georgia ...

The government and treasury of the South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands issued on 26 February new crown coins that commemorate the birth of the famous explorer, Sir Ernest Shackleton. Born on ...