A new scientific investigation challenges long-held assumptions about Shackleton’s Endurance, revealing that the ship may never have been suited for the extreme Antarctic conditions it faced.

Legend has it that Antarctic adventurer Ernest Shackleton posted an advertisement in a London paper before his infamous Endurance expedition: “Men wanted for hazardous journey. Low wages, bitter cold, ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: However, 110 years after the Endurance sank, a new study suggests that the vessel was actually more deeply flawed than is commonly understood. Even ...

"She was doomed, no ship built by human hands could have withstood the strain."When polar explorer Ernest Shackleton wrote this journal entry on October 27, 1915, his dreams of reaching Antarctica had ...

How Did Shackleton Survive The Endurance Expedition? History Hit is aboard an expedition to locate one of the world’s most famous shipwrecks, Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Endurance. Trapped and eventually ...

Just in time for the Twin Cities’ coldest month of the year, the Trylon will screen the rare 1920 silent documentary Endurance (aka South) the weekend of January 9-January 11, 2015. The film, compiled ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: This story is a collaboration with Biography.com The story of Ernest Shackleton’s Antarctic expedition aboard the Endurance is the stuff of maritime ...