It launched the Antarctic careers of many who would become leading figures in the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, ...

It launched the Antarctic careers of many who would become leading figures in the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, including Scott, Ernest Shackleton, Edward Wilson, Frank Wild, Tom Crean and ...

I’ve always had an interest in polar exploration, so I was happy to discover the book “Unsung Hero: Antarctic Survivor” about the life and adventures of the exceptional seaman Tom Crean ...

In 1901, RRS Discovery helped launch the “Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration” when it took exploration luminaries like Robert Falcon Scott (who led the expedition) and Ernest Shackleton on ...

Locating the Quest – a schooner-rigged steamship which sank on a 1962 seal hunting voyage – represents a last link to the “heroic age of Antarctic exploration”, said search leader John Geiger.

The Explorers Club was founded in New York City in 1904, in an era I like to call the heroic age of exploration. At a time when significant areas on the Earth’s surface were still terra ...

He called the Quest a historically very important ship. Shackleton’s death aboard the ship in 1922 marked the end of what historians consider the “heroic age” of Antarctic exploration.

He called the Quest a historically very important ship. Shackleton’s death aboard the ship in 1922 marked the end of what historians consider the “heroic age” of Antarctic exploration.

Sir Ernest Shackleton’s death aboard the ship in 1922 marked the end of what historians consider the “heroic age” of Antarctic exploration. Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now.