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Sir Ernest Shackleton set sail for Antarctica in 1914, hoping to seize for England the last prize of polar exploration: crossing the Antarctic continent on foot. But he and his 28 crewmen disappeared into the icy void.... The Burke Museum is proud to present the only Northwest showing of the landmark exhibition The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition. This storyof striking ...

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Ernest H. Shackleton 1874-1922 Ernest Henry Shackleton was born at Kilkea House, County Kildare, on February 15, 1874. The Shackletons came originally from Yorkshire. The founder of the family was Abraham Shackleton, a Quaker, who moved to Ireland early in the eighteenth century and started a school at Ballitore, near Dublin. Henry Shackleton, Ernest's father, was Abraham's direct descendant in ...

Explore expedition photographer Frank Hurley's record of The Endurance's ill-fated journey to Antarctica in 1914.

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