Person    | Male  Born 15/2/1874  Died 5/1/1922

Sir Ernest Shackleton

Categories: Exploring

Countries: Arctic & Antarctic, Ireland

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

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Hay's Wharf - riverside

Hay's Galleria In the mid 1850's, following the steady rise of the River Tham...

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Shackleton statue

In Exhibition Road façade, on left of picture. This bronze statue stands in a...

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Sir Ernest Shackleton - SE26

Sir Ernest Shackleton (1874 - 1922) antarctic explorer, lived here. L.C.C.

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Robert Golding

Robert Golding

Role on the lost expedition: Boy on SS Terror. See John Franklin.

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1 memorial
Gertrude Bell

Gertrude Bell

Traveller, archaeologist, writer and diplomat, Gertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell, CBE, explored, mapped, and became highly influential to British imperial policy-making due to her knowledge and cont...

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1 memorial
Edmund Hoar

Edmund Hoar

Role on the lost expedition: Petty officer on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.

Person, Exploring, Tragedy

1 memorial
James Daly

James Daly

Role on the lost expedition: Royal marine on SS Terror. See John Franklin.

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1 memorial

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Dr Grantly Dick-Read

Dr Grantly Dick-Read

W1, Harley Street, 25

Placed 11 June 1992.

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