An underwater robot has uncovered thousands of icefish nests while searching for Sir Ernest Shackleton’s lost ship, The ...

Lorraine Kelly and Lauren Laverne in the Desert Island Discs Studios. When Lorraine moved to the Scottish town of East Kilbride at 13, she didn’t know a soul. “It was a massive secondary school, over ...

In June 2024, explorers made a significant breakthrough in the ongoing quest to preserve the legacy of famed polar explorer ...

The 'Endurance' leaning to one side, during the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1914-17, led by Sir Ernest Shackleton. “Comparison with other early wooden polar ships is not favourable for ...

These floating barriers hold back the Antarctic Ice Sheet’s expansive ice flows, and their disappearance directly ties to ...

An Edwardian silver tea service once owned by Irish explorer Ernest Shackleton (1874–1922) has sold for £20,990 at London auctioneers Roseberys. Two bidders in Ireland and the UK competed by phone, ...

Scientists discovered a peculiar “fish neighborhood," one more reason to designate the Weddell Sea as a Marine Protected Area.

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Ernest Shackleton's ship Endurance wasn't reinforced for navigating Antarctic ice, a new study ...

EXPERTS have discovered the real reasons Ernest Shackleton’s ship sank on its ill-fated Antarctic expedition in 1915. And it suggests the famed polar explorer may have known the Endurance ship wasn’t ...

Issues with the ship's hull, deck beams, and more show the ship was no match for Antarctic sea ice. By Laura Baisas Published Oct 6, 2025 6:00 AM EDT Image: Photo by Frank Hurley/Scott Polar Research ...

The explorer’s journey to Antarctica was likely doomed before it began. By Sara Novak On Oct. 27, 1915, after being caught and crushed by packed ice for nine months in the Weddell Sea off Antarctica, ...