Ernest Shackleton mb-artistname James Webb Gerald Humphreys and Alex Young

Gerald Humphreys and Alex Young

Interior view of Corn Exchange

East elevation of the Church of St Paul

Chelsea Physic Garden can be seen on the far shore

Ernest Shackleton mb-artistname James Webb Gerald Humphreys and Alex YoungErnest Shackleton, British explorer, c1909. Portrait of Shackleton (1874 1922) from his book The Heart of the Antarctic, an account of his expedition of 1908 1909 on board the 'Nimrod'. Shackleton made three expeditions to the Antarctic, but is best known for the 'Endurance' expedition of 1914 1916 when the ship became trapped in the ice and Shackleton and five colleagues made an epic journey to South Georgia to seek rescue.