If Shackleton's expeditions ultimately were all disappointments to him for failing short of their goals, he made plenty of grand...

Physicist Reginald James generously shared his reminiscences of Shackleton with biographer, Hugh Robert Mill. 22 Albion Road Fallowfield...

Conversation between Dr. Macklin and Shackleton biographer, James Fisher, Aberdeen, March 1956 James Fisher: "What is emerging so very...

Rummaging through my files, I found this ... Harold Begbie, British author and journalist quoted Shackleton as saying, "Life to me means...

I haven't gotten very far. I come across something that makes me think and leads me to rummage through my files. For example......

Shackleton described Frank Wild, his trusted second-in-command, as his "second self." He was quoting Cicero, "A friend is a second self."...

Many years after Shackleton died, Frank Wild summed up his thoughts on the "Boss." "I have served with Scott, Shackleton and Mawson, and...

...Shackleton failed only at the improbable; he succeeded at the unimaginable. "I love the fight and when things [are] easy, I hate it,"...

Orde-Lees Journal... Wild is our second in command and quite the most popular man (save our leader) amongst us. He has rare tact and the...

During an interview today, we talked about the contrast of the atmosphere on Endurance to another ship that was also trapped by ice off...

This video will give you a pretty good idea of what you're apt to encounter along the way...

How are you doing, my darlings? Are we having fun yet? I don't know about you, but last week, I was deteriorating into frazzled and...

Have you seen the film where 'Shackleton dances' to entertain the crew. That's not what happened. Shackleton, Worsley, and "motor-expert"...

From an interview that Shackleton biographer James Fisher conducted with Frank Worsley's widow in the 1950s: Jean Worsley: "He did always...

It's a tale so amazing you'll wonder why the Endurance saga hasn't become a part of every school-age child's reading. Since the...

If you'd like to learn more about the lives of Shackleton's crew members, head on over to Scott Polar Research Institute -...

I've just figured out how to read reviews of the German edition of Shackleton's Way. A reviewer (see review below) makes an interesting...

Shackleton celebrated accomplishments, milestones and holidays. In his account of the crossing of South Georgia, he wrote that he,...

In the 1950s, Shackleton's tentmate on the ice, Reginald James, shared his memories of the Boss' leadership strategies... His methods...