Tag: Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Trans- Antarctic Endurance

• Tuesday, March 12th 2019 - 10:57 UTC

  South Georgia releases new coin to commemorate Sir Ernest Shackleton

  

  The government of South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands have released a new coin to commemorate the birth of the famous explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton. Born on 15th February 1874, Sir Ernest Shackleton wanted to be an explorer from a very early age, inspired by faraway places that he had read about as a boy. At the age of 16, bored by the school curriculum, he went to work in the Merchant Navy.

• Friday, January 4th 2019 - 03:18 UTC

  Falkland Islander in expedition to locate Shackleton's stricken “Endurance” in Antarctica

  

  An Antarctic scientific expedition aiming to understand the secrets of a giant iceberg will also attempt to locate Ernest Shackleton’s stricken Endurance in the Weddell Sea, according to reports in The Guardian.

• Monday, May 30th 2016 - 07:13 UTC

  Chilean rescue of Shackleton's crew from Elephant Island marked at British residence

  

  A networking reception was held in the British residence on Wednesday 25 May to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the rescue by the Chilean pilot Luis Pardo, of the Armada de Chile, of Ernest Shackleton’s crew from Elephant Island.

• Monday, August 11th 2014 - 22:56 UTC

  Falkland Islands and the saga of Sir Ernest Shackleton a century ago

  

  One hundred years ago this month Sir Ernest Shackleton set sail from Plymouth on HMS Endurance at the beginning of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914-17), also known as the Endurance Expedition.

• Friday, November 1st 2013 - 22:31 UTC

  Falklands: Sea Lion research awarded Shackleton's Centenary scholarship

  

  The Centenary Scholarship which marks the 100th Anniversary of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Trans- Antarctic Endurance expedition has been awarded to Dr Alastair Baylis, an Australian scientist, for his sea lion project: “Rediscovering Falklands Ocean Sentinels”.