Sailors from HMS Argyll followed in the footsteps of Britain’s greatest polar explorer when they recreated Sir Ernest Shackleton ... the snow and ice of South Georgia Island.

Shackleton’s fourth expedition aimed to circumnavigate the Antarctic continent ... died of a heart attack off South Georgia. He was buried on the island. He is remembered as one of the principal ...

The expedition aimed to make the first land crossing of the Antarctic ... The account of Shackleton’s journey to Elephant Island, then in the James Caird to South Georgia, the crossing of ...

following the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, which will likely push it toward South Georgia Island, where it will encounter warmer waters that would break it into smaller icebergs until it melts away.

Newly released satellite footage shows the world’s largest iceberg running aground near a remote island in the South Atlantic ...

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the beginning of British explorer Ernest Shackleton’s expedition across Antarctica ... came when they reached South Georgia – where Shackleton sought ...

With a surface area of 3,360 square kilometers, the iceberg was heading north of Antarctica, towards South Georgia Island, driven since December by powerful ocean currents. It was feared that it ...

The structure was completed on time for Shackleton Day, a special bank holiday in South Georgia ... as constructing on this sub-Antarctic island means that every nut and bolt had to be sent ...

It also carries the hopes of every Shackleton enthusiast ... 1916 landed Elephant Island 16th April left 24th April leaving 22 men in hole in ice cliff proceeded South Georgia with 5 men in ...

Shackleton planned the British Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition to ... Trust (SGHT), the Government of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (GSGSSI), and the British Antarctic Survey ...

After months of drifting through the ocean, the world's largest iceberg has finally run aground near a remote island in Antarctica ... a collision course with South Georgia Island in the South ...