Scott Polar Research InstituteShackleton items from the Archives
Expeditions
Authors
Articles
This section of the website responds to the tremendous popular interest in the life and expeditions of the Antarctic explorer, Sir Ernest Shackleton.
Here you can view a selection of our archive treasures and aims to provide a scholarly resource as well as an introduction to the Institute's wealth of historical documents and artefacts.
- Expeditions:
- 'Discovery' - British National Antarctic Expedition (1901-1904, led by Robert Falcon Scott)
- 'Nimrod' - British Antarctic Expedition (1907-1909, led by Ernest Shackleton)
- 'Aurora' - Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (Aurora) (1914-1917, led by Captain Aeneas Mackintosh)
- 'Endurance' - Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914-1916, led by Ernest Shackleton)
- 'Quest' - Shackleton Rowett Expedition (1921-1922, led by Ernest Shackleton (Frank Wild))
- Authors
- All catalogued articles, listed chronologically
The project has been funded by The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation and the UK Antarctic Heritage Trust.
This project was proposed by William Mills and implemented by Caroline Gunn with the assistance of the Webmaster.
Shackleton resources for teachers
Brilliant ideas to get your students thinking creatively about polar exploration, with links across a wide range of subjects including maths, art, geography,science and literacy.