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Also Known As Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton
Born February 15, 1874 • Ireland
Died January 5, 1922 (aged 47) • South Georgia

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Ernest Shackleton's South Pole expedition
Map tracing the voyage of Ernest Shackleton's Endurance expedition in the Southern Ocean near Antarctica, showing the ship's route from South Georgia Island, its entrapment and sinking in the Weddell Sea, the crew's drift on ice to Elephant Island, and Shackleton's journey by lifeboat back to South Georgia, with key dates and rescue routes marked.
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