The first one is the weight rating, which determines how much weight the shackle can ... such as bow, straight, or twisted. The locking mechanism can be a screw pin, a bolt, or a spring clip.

The two main shapes for load lifting are the "dee" and "bow ... shackle. However, it is mainly used for standing rigging. This could include: guys applications where you can't see the connection when ...

Private equity-backed consolidator Shackleton has added £200m assets under management with the acquisition of London-based advice firm PK Financial Planning. The purchase includes PK Employee ...

Having been on our list of dream Baker’s Dozens for some time, we were thrilled when Shackleton agreed to pen one for us himself ahead of the second ever live performance (and first in Britain) of his ...

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Too often, we're taken in by action and drama. We'd do well to look instead for focus and steadiness. It seems Ernest Shackleton’s legend has set sail again, this time courtesy of National ...

Explorers who found the wreck of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s last ship off the coast of Labrador are now considering sending a submarine with a shipwreck expert on board to get a close look at Quest ...

Frank Hurley with a camera under the bow of the Endurance. SLNSW/Frank Hurley “You have to assume the rest of the team, even in that era, was aware of how important it was to document and to ...

The Academy Award–winning husband-and-wife directors ('Free Solo') explain how they recreated the "greatest survival story ever told" for their new Nat Geo documentary. By Julian Sancton Married ...

A “beacon of hope” that lit the way for generations of returning service men and woman has now inspired a new Remembrance pin badge. The Pike Poppy pin badge was designed as a homage to ...

Kaitāia business leader Eric Shackleton has had a new scholarship from the Te Hiku Education Trust named after him. Two prominent Kaitāia business legends have been honoured by the Te Hiku ...

Legendary Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton's ship Endurance sank more than a century ago and its wreck lay undiscovered at the bottom of the Weddell Sea until March 2022. Now, the team behind ...