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Ernest Shackleton's Life in Weeks
Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer celebrated for his extraordinary leadership in saving all 27 crew members of the Endurance after their ship was crushed by pack ice.
Ernest Shackleton's 2,498 Weeks
Each box represents one week. Lived weeks Key milestones
Key Milestones
Joined the merchant navy as an apprentice
Joined Robert Falcon Scott's Discovery expedition to Antarctica
Led the Nimrod expedition, coming within 97 miles of the South Pole
Launched the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition aboard the Endurance
Crossed 800 miles of open ocean in a lifeboat to save his crew
Died of a heart attack aboard the Quest during his final Antarctic expedition
Legacy
Led the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition and, after the Endurance was destroyed, navigated 800 miles in a small lifeboat across the Southern Ocean to rescue his entire crew without losing a single life.
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