On Aug. 30, 1916, crew members of the aptly named Endurance were rescued after a long stay in polar conditions.

In June 2024, explorers made a significant breakthrough in the ongoing quest to preserve the legacy of famed polar explorer Ernest Shackleton. They located his ‘last ship’ Quest on the ocean floor, ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Situated on the remote Ross Island, at Cape Royds in Antarctica, is a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On an island in the South Atlantic, a restoration project is underway to rescue a crumbling piece of exploration history. The ...

Monash historian Rohan Howitt exposes the forgotten story of Canberra’s polar land-grab, revealing how leaders once dreamed ...

ST. JOHN’S, Newfoundland (AP) — The wreck of the last ship belonging to Sir Ernest Shackleton, a famed Irish explorer of Antarctica, has been found off the coast of Labrador in Canada, 62 years after ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The fabled expedition of Ernest Shackleton, the Anglo-Irish explorer who led 27 men on a voyage to Antarctica in 1914 aboard the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In August 1901 Robert Scott, Ernest Shackleton and more than 40 other men set sail to Antarctica for the first time. On their ...

The wreck of the ship used for Sir Ernest Shackleton's final Antarctic expedition has been located by the Royal Canadian Geographical Society (RCGS) off the coast of Labrador. The Quest, aboard which ...