Supplement to the PBS documentary features a chronicle of Shackleton's 1914-1916 expedition to the Antarctic and offers classroom resources.

Offers a brief biography of the explorer born to a Quaker family who spent most of his adult life pursuing a dream to reach the South Pole. Includes links to other sites.

Wall Street Journal article by Stephanie Capparell reports on the recent popularity of the Antarctic explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton.

Examine a biography of this Irish explorer, born in 1874, who volunteered for Robert Scott's first expedition to Antarctica.

View a list of explorers who visited the Antarctica region from 1770-1912. Includes a profile of Shackleton's Nimrod expedition.

Center in County Kildare, Ireland provides profiles of the explorer's four polar expeditions, a biography, and a map of Antarctica.

Examine a profile of the American Museum of Natural History's exhibit of Shackleton's Endurance expedition. Includes diary excerpts.

Resource dedicated to the achievements of this Irish Antarctic explorer includes a list of his books, a news archive, and a grave profile.

Encyclopedia profile chronicles the Antarctic expeditions of the twentieth century Irish explorer.

Barbara Cooper profiles this often overlooked polar explorer's expeditions and relationship with fellow explorer Robert Scott.

Examine a list of books by or about this Antarctic explorer's fantastic and self-rescuing expeditions in the early 1900s.

View photos of Shackleton's ships crushed by ice during his polar expeditions. Also find a biography of this Ireland-born explorer.

Follow the accounts of an Irish expedition set out to retrace the path of Shackleton's 1915 expedition to Antarctica. Find a pictorial history.