Born Kilkee, county Clare, Ireland. He led several Antarctic expeditions and located the South magnetic pole during his voyage of 1907-1909. Died of a heart attach on a voyage to the South Atlantic on his ship Quest moored in South Georgia.
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Sir Ernest Shackleton
Hay's Galleria In the mid 1850's, following the steady rise of the River Tham...
In Exhibition Road façade, on left of picture. This bronze statue stands in a...
Sir Ernest Shackleton (1874 - 1922) antarctic explorer, lived here. L.C.C.
Seaman. Baptised at Harwich, Essex, on 29 December 1561. He was the captain o...
The Drake Navigators Guild is the historical research group which has used mu...
