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A23a has run aground in the Southern Ocean after years adrift. But could it continue on its collision course in the future?
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.
The government and treasury of the South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands issued on 26 February new crown coins that commemorate the birth of the famous explorer, Sir Ernest Shackleton. Born on ...
The account of Shackleton’s journey to Elephant Island, then in the James Caird to South Georgia, the crossing of South Georgia and his four subsequent attempts to rescue the remainder of his ...
National Lottery support will help secure RRS Discovery’s future as one of the world’s most important historic vessels.
The commemoration marks explorer Ernest Shackleton’s historic ... Helen Havercroft, CEO of the Government of South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands said: “Whilst I had complete trust ...
It’s all ship- based but today’s traveller is a hot shower and evening cocktails away from the hardships of explorers such as Shackleton ... Island. There are also flights out of South ...
The descendants of Tom Crean were among the many who attended a festival which celebrated the life and legacy of Kerry’s famous Antarctic explorer over the weekend.