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)

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After being lost in the Antarctic’s Weddell Sea since 1915, one of the most physically challenging places in the world, famed polar explorer Ernest Shackleton’s equally famous ship, the Endurance, was discovered approximately ten thousand feet beneath the ice-packed surface.

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The story of Shackleton’s attempt to make the first land crossing of Antarctica, the Endurance, which was the expedition’s ship, and Shackleton’s personal heroic adventures in bringing help to his men once they and their ship were hopelessly trapped, is one of history’s greatest adventure sagas.

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"It was just crazy. If I told somebody of this story... they'd think it was a horror film," Cody's mother Dawn Shackleton said.

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"Ice cores are like time machines that let scientists take a look at what our planet was like in the past," explained Shackleton, who has worked on several Antarctic drilling expeditions.

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"We're still working out the exact conditions that allow such ancient ice to survive so close to the surface," said Shackleton.

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