The crumbling wooden house on South Georgia Island, where Sir Ernest Shackleton organized the rescue of his crew in 1916, is ...

Work is under way on a South Atlantic island to preserve a key building in the story of polar explorer Ernest Shackleton.

Shackleton famously reached the whaling station of Stromness on South Georgia in 1916 after spending 18 months stranded on ...

Two Wearside professors have been awarded the prestigious Polar Medal from King Charles III for their “outstanding ...

Urgent restoration work is under way on the South Georgia villa used during Shackleton’s legendary Endurance rescue ...

The historic buildings at a whaling station were built in about 1906 by Norwegian carpenters, but have fallen into disrepair.

A race is under way to restore a building used by Irish polar explorers Tom Crean and Ernest Shackleton during their epic mission to rescue the crew of their ship, Endurance. The three-man team ...

The wreck of the final ship belonging to legendary Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton has been located 1,280 feet down in the Labrador Sea. Shackleton acquired Quest, a Norwegian-built ...

Carpenters are in a race against time to save the wooden house in South ­Georgia where Ernest Shackleton planned the rescue of his crew. The building, which is part of a ­historic whaling station, was ...

“The Shackleton story is so intrinsically linked with South Georgia and we are delighted that we have been able to raise the ...

The true story of Ernest Shackleton's 1914 Endurance expedition to the the South Pole and his epic struggle to lead his crew to safety after his ship was crushed in the pack ice.