Ernest shackelton biography

(1874-1922)

Who Was Ernest Shackleton?

Sir Ernest Shackleton was an explorer who in 1901 joined an expedition to the Antarctic.

He was sent home early due to bad health.

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Devoted to creating a legacy, he led the Trans-Antarctic Expedition. Disaster struck when his ship, the Endurance, was crushed by ice. He and his crew drifted on sheets of ice for months until they reached Elephant Island.

Shackleton eventually rescued his crew, all of whom survived the ordeal.

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He later died while setting out on another Antarctic expedition.

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Early Career

Ernest Henry Shackleton was born on February 15, 1874, in County Kildare, Ireland, to Anglo-Irish parents.

The second of 10 children and oldest son, he was raised in London, where his family moved when Shackleton was a young boy.

Despite the urging of his father that he follow in hi