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Ernest Shackleton @shackleton100

Sir Ernest Shackleton website - Interactive content on Sir Ernest Shackleton and his incredible expedition and survival of the Endurance crew in Antarctica.

Joined February 2013
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Great to see @SouthGeorgiaHT attempts to digitise and save this #Shackleton related building - bbc.com/news/articles/cm212z…

The £3m race to save explorer Shackleton's villa

The building was used as a base by Shackleton while he orchestrated the famous rescue of his stranded crew

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Visiting the incredible @FramMuseum in Oslo and enjoying Amundsen's record breaking boat #Fram Great museum with a respectful nod to #Shackleton
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Incredible underwater footage of Captain Scott's Terra Nova shipwreck - bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpwy…

Terra Nova: Captain Scott’s polar ship filmed on the sea floor

The Terra Nova carried Captain Scott and his men on their doomed expedition to the South Pole.

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#Shackleton’s Endurance in all her glory - bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd6q…

Endurance: Shackleton's lost ship as never seen before

A new 3D scan shows Endurance exactly as it is 3,000m down in Antarctica’s icy waters.

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Ernest Shackleton retweeted
Discovery Point@DiscoveryDundee
20 May 2024
Special news! The original Hope Cross from Sir Ernest Shackleton’s memorial cairn in South Georgia will soon be displayed here at Discovery Point, Dundee, in collaboration with @SouthGeorgiaHT and with thanks to @BAS_News 💙 dundeeheritagetrust.co.uk/ho… 📷: PA Media / Alamy Stock
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#Shackleton last ship QUEST found - bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpvv…

Explorer Ernest Shackleton's 'last ship' Quest discovered

Wreck hunters find the ship on which famed polar explorer Ernest Shackleton made his final voyage.

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Antarctic Heritage
@InspireExplore
23 Feb 2024
#OnThisDay in 1915, Shackleton ordered his expedition ship 'Endurance' be converted to a winter station after realising that they would be stuck in an ice floe in the Weddell Sea until the following spring. #conserve #explore #discover
📸 Endurance stuck in the ice, Canterbury Museum.

ALT 📸 Endurance stuck in the ice, Canterbury Museum.
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J. Christian Adams@ElectionLawCtr
23 Feb 2024
Today - Feb 22- they reached the farthest point #South of the journey, with astonishing escapes and unimaginable perseverance still to come. #Shackleton @WeAreShackleton @DulwichCollege @Shackleton100 @ShackletonF @The_Shackleton #GoOffGrid @shackskool @RoyalNavy @BAS_News
The James Caird launched from Elephant Island en route to South Georgia.

ALT The James Caird launched from Elephant Island en route to South Georgia.

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David Mearns OBE, OAM@davidlmearns
9 Feb 2024
"The 154kg stone was inched into position on the wall of Westminster Abbey by five burly men. They could have used a small crane, but manpower was the Shackletonian way."
Ernest Shackleton@shackleton100
9 Feb 2024
#Shackleton memorial unveiled at Westminster Abbey - thetimes.co.uk/article/3074a…
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#Shackleton memorial unveiled at Westminster Abbey - thetimes.co.uk/article/3074a…

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Mysterious shipwreck washes up on Canadian coast - bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-us-c…

Mysterious shipwreck washes up on Canadian coast

A ghostly shipwreck has appeared on the sandy beach of Cape Ray in Newfoundland, Canada.

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Check out the new Ernest #Shackleton website - ernest-shackleton.com/
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Satellite imagery shows new Penguin colonies in #Antarctica - bbc.co.uk/news/science-envir…

Climate change: Four new emperor penguin groups found by satellite

Scientists track down what are probably the last unidentified Antarctic emperor penguin colonies.

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New website all up and running now, check out ernest-shackleton.com for #Shackleton timeline, #Antarctica video and more.
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New website launched - ernest-shackleton.com - Please RT & share far and wide as aim of website is to introduce new people to the great man and his legacy ⚓️

Shackleton - Ernest Shackleton

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Rare white penguin spotted in #Antarctica - bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-lati…

Rare white penguin spotted in Antarctica

A penguin with leucism from the gentoo species has been filmed in the icy climate in early January.

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Preview - Interactive timeline on the life of Sir Ernest #Shackleton - ernest-shackleton.com/shackl…

Shackleton Timeline - Ernest Shackleton

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Preview of our new animated story of #Shackleton and the incredible Endurance expedition in #Antarctica - ernest-shackleton.com/shackl…

Shackleton Story - Ernest Shackleton

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Finally getting round to revamping the website, so watch this space 👀 and Merry Christmas 🎅
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