Born Kilkee, county Clare, Ireland. He led several Antarctic expeditions and located the South magnetic pole during his voyage of 1907-1909. Died of a heart attach on a voyage to the South Atlantic on his ship Quest moored in South Georgia.
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Sir Ernest Shackleton
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Hay's Wharf - riverside
Hay's Galleria In the mid 1850's, following the steady rise of the River Tham...
Shackleton statue
In Exhibition Road façade, on left of picture. This bronze statue stands in a...
Sir Ernest Shackleton - SE26
Sir Ernest Shackleton (1874 - 1922) antarctic explorer, lived here. L.C.C.
Other Subjects
William (Mole man) Lyttle
Known as the ‘Mole Man’ because he spent forty years digging a series of tunnels under his, and his neighbours' houses in Hackney. It was estimated that he had shovelled out over 100 cubic metres o...
1 memorial
William Fowler
Role on the lost expedition: Petty officer on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.
1 memorial
John Torrington
Role on the lost expedition: Petty officer on SS Terror. See John Franklin.
1 memorial
Thomas Johnson
Role on the lost expedition: Petty officer on SS Terror. See John Franklin.
1 memorial
Alexander Paterson
Role on the lost expedition: Royal marine on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.
1 memorial
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