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.

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 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 ...

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 ...

Shackleton, 47, was found dead in his bed aboard the ship Quest while it was anchored off the coast of South Georgia Island. After Shackleton’s death, the Norwegian-built, schooner-rigged ...