The high resolution map of the Shackleton Crossing shows the route across South Georgia taken by the great explorer and two colleagues in 1916 after the 16-day sea crossing from Elephant Island ...

The 1999 route is marked as a dashed line in green; Shackleton's fateful path is shown as a solid blue line. Click on the inset map of South Georgia to see Shackleton's route across South Georgia ...

Sue Halliwell marks the 150th anniversary of polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton’s birth by tracing his ill-fated British ...

crossing 800 miles of mountainous seas to the whaling stations of South Georgia—that snowy island looked like paradise. Last February photographer Paul Nicklen and I retraced Shackleton's route.

If A23a, an Antarctic iceberg the size of Rhode Island, grounds off South Georgia Island, it will create a hazard for wildlife and ships alike.

The government and treasury of the South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands issued on 26 February new crown coins that commemorate the birth of the famous explorer, Sir Ernest Shackleton. Born on ...

In Ernest Shackleton's view ... on the remote but inhabited island of South Georgia. That they survived such a long voyage despite stormy weather and ferocious seas in a small boat is remarkable ...

It could avoid the shelf and get carried into open water beyond South Georgia ... along a route called "iceberg alley." That is the same current of water that famed explorer Ernest Shackleton ...

The biggest iceberg on Earth is heading toward a remote island, creating a potential threat to penguins and seals inhabiting the area.

It has an ally in Doug Burgum, the president’s Interior pick The trillion-ton slab of ice — called a megaberg — could slam into South Georgia ... Shackleton made the trip to the island ...

Shackleton made the trip to the island in just three weeks. “Usually the icebergs take a bit longer (he had sails),” he said. A map of South Georgia and Sandwich Islands: Eventually ...

Currently, A23a is about 280km from the island. South Georgia will be familiar to many fans of polar exploration. It's the spot where Ernest Shackleton and five men landed after an incredible 1 ...