Ernest Shackleton

Also known as Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton

Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer (1874–1922)

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Ernest Henry Shackleton was a British explorer, military officer, and traveler born in 1874 at Kilkea Castle. Educated at Dulwich College, he served as a lieutenant in the Royal Navy. His career included participation in the Discovery Expedition, the British Antarctic Expedition, 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 Farthest South and was a member of the Royal Geographical Society. He received several awards, including the Officer of the Order of the British Empire, the Officer of the Legion of Honour, the Order of the Iron Crown, and the Order of Saint Anna. He was employed by the Royal Scottish Geographical Society. He died of a myocardial infarction in 1922 at Grytviken.

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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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Instance of: human
Given name: Henry
Gender: male
Citizenship: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Place of birth: Kilkea Castle
Place of death: Grytviken
Languages spoken: English language
Participant in: Shackleton–Rowett Expedition
Noble title: Knight Bachelor
Conflict: Russian Civil War
Military branch: Royal Navy
Military rank: lieutenant
Image: Ernest Henry Shackleton Nadar.jpg

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Commons category: Ernest Shackleton
cause of death: myocardial infarction
date of birth: 1874-02-15
date of death: 1922-01-05
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manner of death: natural causes
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member of: Royal Geographical Society
record held: Farthest South
writing language: English language
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date of burial or cremation: 1922-03-05
name in native language: Ernest Shackleton
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honorific prefix: Sir
Commons Creator page: Ernest Shackleton
collection items at: Natural History Museum

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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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