EXPERTS have discovered the real reasons Ernest Shackleton’s ship sank on its ill-fated Antarctic expedition in 1915. And it ...

On Oct. 27, 1915, after being caught and crushed by packed ice for nine months in the Weddell Sea off Antarctica, Ernest ...

Researchers believe Shackleton knew of his ship’s weaknesses in ice. Should that change our understanding of the classic tale ...

Ernest Shackleton's ship, the Endurance, infamously sank in Antarctica — and now a new study finds that it had known flaws.

New research from Cambridge re-examines the famous sinking of Sir Ernest Shackleton's ship Endurance — and contradicts the ...

A new museum dedicated to the life of the explorer Ernest Shackleton opens in Athy in Co Kildare today. The Shackleton ...

The vessel, which sank in November 1915, had structural shortcomings, including weak deck frames and no diagonal beams to ...

Sir Ernest Shackleton's polar ship, Endurance, was considered to be the strongest of its time but the vessel had significant ...

Endurance, the wooden ship that Ernest Shackleton took to Antarctica in 1915, wasn't built to withstand frozen seas – and the ...

A Finnish professor's recent research shows Sir Ernest Shackleton's legendary ship Endurance was poorly designed for Antarctic conditions, despite its indestructible reputation.

Sir Ernest Shackleton's ship, Endurance, was crushed by Antarctic sea ice and sank in November 1915. Emblematic of the heroic ...

Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton's crew famously survived after the Endurance became stuck in ice in 1915. A researcher ...