Antarctic explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton had to return home after voyaging close to the South Pole in 1901 due to a bout of 'beriberi' and not scurvy, a new study claims. Researchers from ...

Exclusive: The H5N1 virus reached the region late last year and is killing wildlife, with witnesses spotting numerous seal corpses on South Georgia island The grave of the explorer Ernest Shackleton ...

When Sir Ernest Shackleton returned home from the Nimrod Expedition in 1909, he got a hero’s welcome — and a knighthood. But money was tight, so the Antarctic explorer embarked on a punishing schedule ...

Sailors from Ice Patrol HMS Protector paid tribute to legendary Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton – a century after he died pushing the boundaries of polar research. The crew of the icebreaker held ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A team of carpenters are working to restore the remote wooden villa where Sir Ernest Shackleton planned a heroic rescue of his ...

Alexandra Shackleton, granddaughter of explorer Ernest Shackleton (Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire). Sir Ernest Shackleton, the great English polar explorer died in 1922 at the age of 47 in Grytviken, South ...