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Because Shackleton didn’t have a regular income, his wife and children
lived on Emily’s inheritance from her father.
By age 24, Shackleton had earned the
right to command a ship.
He had to live in the dark
because
during the Antarctic
Winter, it was dark for four months (there was no
daylight).
Ernest and Emily had three children: Raymond, Cecily, and
Edward.
Ernest Henry Shackleton was born February 15, 1874.
Ernest tried being a journalist and a politician and investing in boat
chartering and gold, but all of those attempts to make money failed.
Ernest’s mother became an invalid when he was young,
so he had to be raised by his father and various female relatives.
Even
when they did reach land, Shackleton and his men had to cross a never-before-crossed mountain
range to reach help.
He adored his children, but was often harsh with them because of his
high expectations.
He had one brother and eight sisters.
He left home at sixteen to become a sailor.
He nearly died on the
expedition with Robert Scott, and had health
problems after that.
He participated in four expeditions to Antarctica.
He was a great leader who worked hard to keep up
the morale of his men to keep them alive.
He was born in Ireland.
He was knighted by King Edward VII of England, becoming Sir Shackleton,
after his Nimrod Expedition.
His Endurance Expedition was shipwrecked, but he brought all of his men home alive.
His father was Henry Shackleton and his mother was Henrietta Gavan.
His ship, the Endurance was beset
(surrounded by ice) then sunk.
His team was the first to climb Mount Erebus, a volcano on the
Antarctic Continent.
I would like to explore Antarctica.
In 1901, he gained fame by
going on a failed expedition to try to reach the South Pole with Robert Scott.
In 1908 his Nimrod
Expedition got to within 97 miles of the
South Pole.
Instead of going to school
when he was very young, he had a governess
at home. Later he went to a
nearby preparatory school.
On April 9, 1904 he married
Emily Dorman.
Shackleton did many brave things.
Shackleton enjoyed smoking cigars.
Shackleton is buried on South Georgia Island near
Antarctica.
Shackleton kept a diary and encouraged his men to keep
diaries, too, so there would be a record of the expedition.
Shackleton really really liked exploring.
Shackleton was awesome.
Stranded in the ice pack, he
and his crew did not touch land for 497
days.
The book South, Shackleton's account of the Endurance expedition, was published
in 1919.
There are many famous Irishmen.
Sorted: Facts for Fact-Finding Mission
Sources: I needed to create citations for these.
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"Ernest Shackleton." BBC History. BBC, n.d. Web. 3 May 2013.
Ice Story: Shackleton's Lost Expedition by Elizabeth Cody Kimmel
Kimmel, Elizabeth Cody. Ice story: Shackleton's lost expedition. New York: Clarion Books, 1999. Print.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/shackleton/1914/timeline.html
"NOVA Online | Shackleton's Voyage of Endurance | Timeline 1914-1916." PBS: Public Broadcasting Service. WGBH Educational Foundation, 1 Feb. 2012. Web. 3 May 2013.
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"Antarctic Explorers: Ernest Shackleton." Polar Postal History on the Web. south-pole.com, 1 Jan. 2012. Web. 3 May 2013.
