EXPERTS have discovered the real reasons Ernest Shackleton’s ship sank on its ill-fated Antarctic expedition in 1915. And it ...

It is one of the most intrepid polar expeditions in history, costing five men their lives in 1912. Now, the wreck of SS Terra Nova, which transported Captain Robert Scott and his men to Antarctica, ...

(CNN) Explorer Robert Falcon Scott died in 1912 while crossing Antarctica, but his story lives on in artifacts that continue to be discovered on the frozen continent at the bottom of the world.The ...

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"Three cheers for the dogs" -- A compass pointing south -- The empire's mapmaker -- In Challenger's wake -- Taking the measure of men -- March to the penguins -- Discovering a continent's past -- The ...

A ship named after legendary broadcaster and writer Sir David Attenborough has stopped in Plymouth to take on supplies before ...

Long held as the poster ship for Antarctic exploration, Sir Ernest Shackleton’s ill-fated ship was no match for the crushing ...

A Finnish professor's recent research shows Sir Ernest Shackleton's legendary ship Endurance was poorly designed for ...

Georgia Tech researchers have developed a mathematical formula to predict the size of lakes that form on melting ice ...

On Oct. 27, 1915, after being caught and crushed by packed ice for nine months in the Weddell Sea off Antarctica, Ernest ...