Legend has it that Antarctic adventurer Ernest Shackleton posted an advertisement in a London paper before his infamous Endurance expedition: “Men wanted for hazardous journey. Low wages, bitter cold, ...

Sir Ernest Shackleton's polar exploration ship Endurance sank because it lacked beams to prevent compression ice from crushing its hull, according to an analysis. Photo courtesy Aalto University Oct.

A groundbreaking new study has reshaped our understanding of the sinking of Ernest Shackleton’s Endurance in 1915. Using technical analysis and archival research, Jukka Tuhkuri determined that ...

The original version of this article first appeared on ExplorersWeb. The Endurance set sail from Plymouth, England, in 1914 with a crew of past and future polar icons aboard. But true fame only found ...

Aubrey Ninnis told his sweetheart of being trapped in pack ice and playing 'too funny for words' football with penguins during the 1914-1917 adventure. The expedition, which was led by the legendary ...

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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ST. JOHN’S, Newfoundland (AP) — The wreck of ...

Work is under way on a South Atlantic island to preserve a key building in the story of polar explorer Ernest Shackleton. Shackleton famously reached the whaling station of Stromness on South Georgia ...

A scale model of the Endurance, the legendary polar ship of Ernest Shackleton, was officially unveiled on Thursday at the ...

A researcher believes he's cracked the mystery behind the sinking of Sir Ernest Shackleton's legendary ship Endurance. Part of one of the most famous Antarctic expeditions in history, Endurance set ...

During Shackleton’s desperate march across South Georgia Island, he and his men sensed an unseen presence walking beside them Sir Ernest Shackleton before 1909, and his ship Endurance in Antarctica’s ...