Ernest shackleton bio
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Ernest Shackleton
Ernest Shackleton was born on 15 February 1874 in County Kildare, Ireland, the second of 10 children.
Ernest shackleton bio
His family moved to south east London in 1884, and Shackleton attended Dulwich College as a day boy.
He left school at the age of 16, and joined the merchant navy, which enabled him to travel widely. At the outbreak of the Boer War in 1899, he worked as third officer on a ship carrying troops from Southampton to the Cape.
Photograph of Ernest
Shackleton at his desk.
Shackleton became a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society of London, and in 1901 he was chosen to go on an expedition to Antarctica led by Robert Falcon Scott.
During the expedition, Shackleton was in charge of the stores, and was later given responsibility for the catering on board the ship, 'Discovery'.
He was also selected by Scott to take part in a sledging trek towards the South Pole. They reached as far south as 82ยบ 17', and got closer to the Pole than anyone before them. The exped