Shackleton struggled across 26 miles of ... and Britain’s South Atlantic territories, Falkland Islands and South Georgia among others. The Type 23 is due home in Devonport in September.

We left the Antarctic Peninsula and sailed, as Shackleton had, just offshore to the South Shetland Islands, from which the explorer had launched his desperate run for South Georgia. His lifeboat ...

From here, Shackleton and five other crew members set sail again across 800 miles of arguably the world’s roughest oceans to reach South Georgia. On landing, they trekked across the island to ...

Related: In photos: Searching for Shackleton's 'Endurance' shipwreck The crew set off from South Georgia, an island in the South Atlantic Ocean, in August 1914. But before the Endurance could ...

Shackleton decided to take action. He and five men climbed into a small whaling boat and sailed 800 miles across the open sea to South Georgia Island. All 28 men survived—and Shackleton went ...

Despite the loss of the ship, Shackleton famously managed to save his entire crew. He led a treacherous journey in lifeboats across 800 miles of rough seas to reach South Georgia Island.

In April 1916, Shackleton took five crew members in a small boat in search of help for the others, where they travelled 807 miles (1,300km) of ocean before reaching the island of South Georgia.

South Georgia Island is isolated from the civilized world and trapped in the most cruel of climates, but it was destined for discovery. From its first recorded sightings more than 300 years ago ...

Although he never reached the South Pole, Shackleton was highly regarded ... journey he and his companions made from Elephant Island to South Georgia to find help, demonstrate his courage ...