The wreck of the Endurance, the long-lost ship of early 20th century polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton, has been discovered 3km beneath the Weddell Sea, 107 years after it was crushed by sea ice and sank.
Nature and history thrill a band of would-be polar pioneers on a great southern adventure. Join Australian Geographic and Hurtigruten Expeditions on a journey of discovery to Antarctica and the Falklands in 2022.
Shackleton’s Endurance is the stuff of legend, but a team of scientists are determined to find its remains.
In March 2019 the AG Society will partner with Aurora Expeditions for a special voyage to South Georgia and the Antarctic.
In March 2017 the AG Society will partner with Aurora Expeditions for a special voyage to South Georgia and the Antarctic.
The story of Shackleton’s remarkable survival
In a dramatic series of photographs, Australian photographer Frank Hurley brings to life the tribulations of Ernest Shackleton’s ill-fated Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914-1916).
Tim Jarvis retraced the 1916 attempt by six men to save their crew on one of the world’s most inhospitable islands.
