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Discovery of Shackleton’s Endurance set to gild explorer’s reputation

Wooden vessel not seen since being crushed by sea ice and sinking in Weddell Sea in 1915

Timothy McCarthy Polar Medal sold for £65,000 at auction

Shackleton museum in Kildare fails to match bid for award to Irish Antarctic adventurer

Kildare museum to bid for medal awarded for Antarctic rescue

Tim McCarthy survived Shackleton journey but died off southwest coast in first World War

The Wind that Shook South Georgia – An Irishman’s Diary about the 1916 Rising and the Voyage of the ‘James Caird’

Henry Worsley’s journey comes to a sad end

Death of an explorer: ‘No one conquers the Antarctic – it’s always in charge’

Shackleton’s Boat: The Story of the James Caird by Harding McGregor Dunnett

Paperback Review

Taking Shackleton’s exemplary leadership skills safely on board

The adventurer led his crew through extremes. A workshop analyses his management style

Unsung polar hero

An Irishman’s Diary about an afternoon in Tom Crean’s pub

Recreating Ernest Shackleton’s rescue, trench foot and all

A team has recreated Shackleton’s Antarctic rescue mission of 1916, right down to period equipment and food. The only modern touches were the safety equipment and melting glaciers