Ernest Shackleton

Also known as Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton

Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer (1874–1922)

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Ernest Henry Shackleton (1874–1922) was a British explorer, military officer, and traveler. Born at Kilkea Castle, he was educated at Dulwich College and held citizenship in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. He served as a member of the Royal Geographical Society and was employed by the Royal Scottish Geographical Society. Shackleton participated in several major expeditions, including the Discovery Expedition (1901-1904), the British Antarctic Expedition (1907–1909), the Expedition Endurance, and the Shackleton–Rowett Expedition. He also took part in World War I and the Russian Civil War.

Shackleton held the record for the Farthest South. He was the father of Edward Shackleton, Baron Shackleton. His published works include *Report of voyage, by commander*, *The heart of the Antarctic*, and *South: the Story of Shackleton's 1914-1917 Expedition*. He received the Officer of the Order of the British Empire, the Officer of the Legion of Honour, the Order of the Iron Crown (Kingdom of Italy), and the Order of Saint Anna. He died of a myocardial infarction in Grytviken.

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Person · Open Library

Born: 1874
Died: 1922
Works: 46

Top works

Report of voyage, by commander
The heart of the Antarctic
South The story of Shackleton's 1914 - 1917 Expedition
South : the Story of Shackleton's 1914-1917 Expedition
South

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Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton was an Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer who led three British expeditions to the Antarctic. He was one of the principal figures of the period known as the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.

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Endurance — Self (archive footage)2024
Shackleton: The Greatest Story of Survival — Self2023
Encounters at the End of the World — Self - (archive footage)2007
Southward on the Quest — himself1922
South — Leader of the Expedition (as Sir Ernest Shackleton)1919
Departure of the British Antarctic Expedition from Lyttelton, New Zealand, 1st January, 1908 — Self1908
Shackleton and Scott: Rivals for the Pole — Self

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Type: Person
Gender: Male
Country: United Kingdom
Active from: 1874
Active to: 1922

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Listeners: 147
Total plays: 371

Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton, CVO, OBE (15 February 1874 – 5 January 1922) was an Anglo-Irish explorer. Born in Kilkea, Ireland, Shackleton was a member of four Antarctic expeditions, three of which he led. After the Nimrod Expedition, 1907–09, he was knighted for his achievement in establishing a record furthest south latitude at 88°23'S, 97 nautical miles (180 km) from the South Pole. He was also an unsuccessful candidate for the Parliament <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Ernest+Shackleton">

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5 total works indexed

Factor structure of the barratt impulsiveness scale
· 1995 · cited 5,591x
Revised American Thyroid Association Management Guidelines for Patients with Thyroid Nodules and Differentiated Thyroid Cancer
· 2009 · cited 5,523x
The repertoire of mutational signatures in human cancer
· 2020 · cited 3,320x
The CCPN data model for NMR spectroscopy: Development of a software pipeline
· 2005 · cited 3,177x
Accurate whole human genome sequencing using reversible terminator chemistry
· 2008 · cited 3,021x

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Quotes

“The outstanding feature of today’s march is that we have seen new land to the South never seen by human eyes before great snow clad heights [which] we did not see on our journey South on the last Expedition for we were too close to the land or rather foothills and now at the great distance we are out they can plainly be seen.”
“Optimism is true moral courage.”
“Better a live donkey than a dead lion.”

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Encyclopedic overview

Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton (15 February 1874 – 5 January 1922) was an Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer who led three British expeditions to the Antarctic. He was one of the principal figures of the period known as the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.

Born in Kilkea, County Kildare , Ireland , Shackleton and his Anglo-Irish family moved to Sydenham in suburban south London when he was ten. Shackleton's first experience of the polar regions was as third officer on Captain Robert Falcon Scott's Discovery expedition of 1901‍–‍1904, from which he was sent home early on health grounds, after he and his companions Scott and Edward Adrian Wilson set a new southern record by marching to latitude 82° S. During the Nimrod Expedition of 1907‍–‍1909, he and three companions established a new record Farthest South latitude of 88°23′ S, only 97 geographical miles (112 statute miles or 180 kilometres) from the South Pole, the largest advance to the pole in exploration history. Also, members of his team climbed Mount Erebus, the most active Antarctic volcano. On returning home, Shackleton was knighted for his achievements by King Edward VII.

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