Scott or Shackleton… who was the greatest British polar explorer of the Heroic Age? It's a matter of opinion, of course, but ...

is bound up with with two of the great explorers of the Heroic Age of Polar Exploration, Robert Falcon Scott and Ernest Henry Shackleton, so is the story of author and journalist Michael Smith ...

Ancient Greek sailors, whose sails caught the winds of curiosity and ambition, were among the earliest to venture beyond ...

One hundred years on from the death of the famous polar explorer Sir Ernest ... Sir Ernest Shackleton and the end of the ‘Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration’. Shackleton’s ship became ...

A world-class university has claimed that Britain’s South Pole exploration was “colonial” although no one actually lived ...

are considered invaluable links to the "heroic age" of polar exploration, when eight nations launched 15 Antarctic expeditions between 1895 and 1917. The huts, among the only remaining ...

Education, Outreach and the Environment Shackleton and other explorers of what is known as the “Heroic Age” of polar exploration made important contributions to our knowledge of the fragile ...

A Cambridge University museum has claimed Britain’s exploration of Antarctica was “colonial” – despite only penguins living ...