Shackleton

[shak-uhl-tuhn]

noun

1. Sir Ernest Henry, 1874–1922, English explorer of the Antarctic.

Shackleton

/ ˈʃækəltən /

noun

1. Sir Ernest Henry. 1874–1922, British explorer. He commanded three expeditions to the Antarctic (1907–09; 1914–17; 1921–22), during which the south magnetic pole was located (1909)

Example Sentences

As one of Britain's most garlanded actors and directors, his screen credits are extraordinary; Peter's Friends, Shackleton, Wallender and Hercule Poirot.

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The castle was built with "no expense spared" by New Zealand-born adventurer George Alexander MacLean Buckley in 1911, just three years after he joined an Antarctic voyage on Nimrod with Ernest Shackleton.

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Hannah Shackleton founded the group because she wanted to remove financial and societal barriers to people being able to do, what she considers to be, a very important practice for one's mental health.

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Ms Shackleton said: "People might not have the disposable income to pay 10 or 12, or even seven pounds on a class, that is why we run these sessions."

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Ms Shackleton also wants to make yoga more accessible in terms of geography.

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