sir ernest henry shackleton

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born , Feb. 15, 1874, Kilkea, County Kildare, Ire. died Jan. 5, 1922, Grytviken, South Georgia British explorer. In 1901 he joined Robert Falcon Scott's expedition to the Antarctic. He returned to Antarctica in 1908 and led a sledging party to within 97 mi (156 km) of the pole. In 1914 he led the British Trans-Antarctic Expedition, which planned to cross Antarctica via the South Pole. His expedition ship Endurance was caught in pack ice and drifted for 10 months before being crushed. Shackleton and his crew drifted on ice floes for another five months until they reached Elephant Island. He and five others sailed 800 mi (1,300 km) to South Georgia Island to get help, then he led four relief expeditions to rescue his men. Shackleton died on South Georgia at the outset of another Antarctic expedition
sir ernest henry shackleton

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    sir Er·nest Hen·ry Shack·le·ton

    Türkische aussprache

    sır ırnıst henri şäkıltın

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    /ˈsər ˈərnəst ˈhenrē ˈsʜakəltən/ /ˈsɜr ˈɜrnəst ˈhɛnriː ˈʃækəltən/
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