The National Geographic Endurance is a comfortable base for explorations in icy waters, whether in the Arctic or in the Southern Ocean.

Legend has it that Antarctic adventurer Ernest Shackleton posted an advertisement in a London paper before his infamous Endurance expedition: “Men wanted for hazardous journey. Low wages, bitter cold, ...

The original version of this article first appeared on ExplorersWeb. The Endurance set sail from Plymouth, England, in 1914 with a crew of past and future polar icons aboard. But true fame only found ...

A scale model of the Endurance, the legendary polar ship of Ernest Shackleton, was officially unveiled on Thursday at the ...

Endurance is shown in the winter of 1915. The ship became stuck in ice and eventually sank. A new paper says it wasn't as well-built as previously believed. A new research paper about the vessel ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ST. JOHN’S, Newfoundland (AP) — The wreck of ...

A researcher believes he's cracked the mystery behind the sinking of Sir Ernest Shackleton's legendary ship Endurance. Part of one of the most famous Antarctic expeditions in history, Endurance set ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Work is under way on a South Atlantic island to preserve a key building in the story of polar explorer Ernest Shackleton.

The historic buildings at a whaling station were built in about 1906 by Norwegian carpenters, but have fallen into disrepair.

During Shackleton’s desperate march across South Georgia Island, he and his men sensed an unseen presence walking beside them Sir Ernest Shackleton before 1909, and his ship Endurance in Antarctica’s ...