Irish explorer who led three British expeditions to the Antarctic Ernest Shackleton died #OTD in 1922.
Shackleton's first experience of the polar regions was as third officer on Captain Robert Falcon Scott's Discovery expedition of 1901–1904. During the Nimrod expedition of 1907–1909, he and three companions established a new record Farthest South latitude at 88°S, only 180 kilometres from the South Pole. via @wikipedia
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In 1921, Shackleton returned to the Antarctic with the Shackleton–Rowett Expedition, but died of a heart attack while his ship was moored in South Georgia. At his wife's request, he was buried there. The wreck of Endurance was discovered just over a century later. via @wikipedia
Disaster struck the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition when its ship, Endurance, became trapped in pack ice and finally sank in the Weddell Sea off Antarctica on 21 November 1915. The crew escaped by camping on the sea ice until it disintegrated, then by launching the lifeboats to reach Elephant Island and ultimately South Georgia Island, a stormy ocean voyage of 1,330 km and Shackleton's most famous exploit. via @wikipedia 2/
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