The crumbling wooden house on South Georgia Island, where Sir Ernest Shackleton organized the rescue of his crew in 1916, is ...

In January 1915, polar explorer Ernest Shackleton's ship, Endurance, became icebound in the Antarctic. What happened next would become legend: Shackleton and his crew watched their ship slowly sink, ...

Shackleton famously reached the whaling station of Stromness on South Georgia in 1916 after spending 18 months stranded on Antarctica with his crew. The now-dilapidated Stromness Manager's Villa was ...

EXCLUSIVE: Oscar winners Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin and BAFTA-nominated director Natalie Hewit are boarding the National Geographic documentary Endurance (working title), the incredible story of ...

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 ...

“The Ship Beneath the Ice: The Discovery of Shackleton’s Endurance” by Mensun Bound (Mariner Books) That old proverb your mother taught you — “if at first you don’t succeed, try, try again” — applies ...

The shipwreck of Ernest Shackleton’s vessel was discovered at the bottom of the Antarctic Ocean two years ago. 3D scan of the Endurance wreck at the bottom of the Weddell Sea. Photo: Falklands ...

Editor’s note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. In the early 1900s, Antarctica became a hot spot for ...

A photo does more than capture moments. It tells a story. In the case of Sir Ernest Shackleton, a collection of photos tell the story of an explorer who set sail from London with the intent of ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. In one of the most epic stories in the history of polar exploration, Sir Ernest Shackleton and ...

Scientists on an expedition to Antarctica early next year hope to find the wreck of the Endurance, the ship led by polar explorer Ernest Shackleton, which became icebound and sank in the Weddell Sea ...

Kenneth Branagh is known more for his acting skills than his modesty. If this was ever in question, the recent A&E presentation of “Shackleton” left this beyond doubt. Paul Wong Branagh portrays ...