Profession: Polar Explorer
Why Famous: Led three British expeditions to the Antarctic, and one of the principal figures of the period known as the "Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration".
Born: February 15, 1874
Birthplace: Kilkea, Ireland
Star Sign: Aquarius
Died: January 5, 1922 (aged 47)
Cause of Death: Heart attack
Historical Events
- 1909-01-09 Ernest Shackleton as part of the British Nimrod Expedition reaches a record farthest South latitude (88°23' south)
- 1914-08-08 3rd pole expedition Ernest Shackleton "Endurance"
- 1916-04-24 Ernest Shackleton and five men of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition launch a lifeboat from uninhabited Elephant Island in the Southern Ocean to organise a rescue for ice-trapped ship Endurance
Ferdinand Magellan
Francisco Vázquez de Coronado
Giovanni da Verrazzano
Meriwether Lewis
Richard Francis Burton
Roald Amundsen