Embarking on the Russian ship Professor Multanovskiy in South Georgia ... Shackleton and his companions, Tom Crean and Frank Worsley. Congratulating them on their arrival in the Falkland Islands ...

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.

Researchers foresee that the iceberg will continue its route into the South Atlantic, following the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, which will likely push it toward 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 ...

Leaving the rest of the crew on the island, Shackleton and five men set sail in a 22-foot lifeboat for an 800-mile journey to South Georgia Island. If they missed their navigation by even one ...

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 ...

Related: In photos: Searching for Shackleton's 'Endurance' shipwreck The crew set off from South Georgia, an island in the South Atlantic Ocean, in August 1914. But before the Endurance could ...