The Shackleton–Rowett Expedition (1921–22) was Sir Ernest Shackleton's last Antarctic project, and the final episode in the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration...

miles (1,330 km; 830 mi) in Shackleton's most famous exploit. He returned to the Antarctic with the Shackleton–Rowett Expedition in 1921 but died of a heart...

Expedition of 1914–1917 is considered to be the last major expedition of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. Conceived by Sir Ernest Shackleton,...

The Shackleton–Rowett Expedition, 1921–22, was the last Antarctic expedition led by Sir Ernest Shackleton. Proposed as an ambitious two-year programme...

island of South Georgia, while en route to Antarctica during the Shackleton–Rowett Expedition. Following Sir Ernest's death in South Georgia, Lady Emily worked...

of the 19th century, and ended after the First World War; the Shackleton–Rowett Expedition of 1921–1922 is often cited by historians as the dividing line...

1920, Rowett promised a cornerstone amount towards the new expedition. At this time, Shackleton gave Rowett the James Caird, in which Shackleton had made...

the flyaway islands, and explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton, when planning the Shackleton–Rowett Expedition of 1921–1922, proclaimed as one of his goals the...

served in 1921–22 as an ornithologist aboard the Quest on the Shackleton–Rowett Expedition to the Southern Ocean and adjacent islands. Wilkins in 1923 began...

returned to England in 1919. In 1921, Shackleton went back to Antarctica, leading the Shackleton–Rowett Expedition. On 5 January 1922, he died suddenly...

the purpose of establishing Shackleton Base near Vahsel Bay on the Weddell Sea, from which the trans-Antarctic expedition would begin. The Theron, like...

reached the summit of Mount Everest. They were part of the ninth British expedition to Everest, led by John Hunt. From 1985 to 1988 he served as New Zealand's...

the Shackleton–Rowett Expedition, on the converted Norwegian ship Quest. Shackleton died of a heart attack on South Georgia during the expedition, and...

Mackintosh, died. Shackleton's last expedition and the one that brought the 'Heroic Age' to a close, was the Shackleton–Rowett Expedition from 1921 to 1922...

British expedition to Graham Land led by John Lachlan Cope 1921–1922 – Shackleton–Rowett Expedition – led by Ernest Shackleton – the last expedition of the...

The Transglobe Expedition (1979–1982) was the first expedition to make a longitudinal (north–south) circumnavigation of the Earth using only surface transport...

Annascaul. In early 1920, Shackleton was organising another Antarctic expedition, later to be known as the Shackleton–Rowett Expedition. He invited Crean to...

Nova Expedition. They were chosen from 8,000 applicants, and included seven Discovery veterans together with five who had been with Shackleton on his...

Franklin's lost expedition was a failed British voyage of Arctic exploration led by Captain Sir John Franklin that departed England in 1845 aboard two...

1901–1904 expedition ship Discovery, and Shackleton's crew lacked relevant experience. Controversy arose from Shackleton's decision to base the expedition in...

1921 he signed up as a surgeon with Shackleton on another polar expedition, 'Quest', (the Shackleton–Rowett Expedition); Shacketon died on board ship off...

Grytviken, Shackleton organised a rescue operation to bring home the remaining men. He again returned to Grytviken during the Shackleton–Rowett Expedition and...

Plaisted Polar Expedition". Artful Living Magazine. Retrieved April 9, 2021. Why was the unlikely triumph of the Plaisted expedition lost to history...

Antarctic Exploration, including Robert Falcon Scott who led the expedition, Ernest Shackleton, Edward Wilson, Frank Wild, Tom Crean and William Lashly. Its...

on Sir Ernest Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914–1917. In 1921–1922, he joined the Shackleton–Rowett Expedition aboard the Quest...

participated in two expeditions led by his uncle, John Ross, and in four led by William Edward Parry: in the Antarctic, he led his own expedition from 1839 to...

route was discovered in 1850 by the Irish explorer Robert McClure, whose expedition completed the passage by hauling sledges. Scotsman John Rae explored a...

of the World, did not make it due to the flow of sea ice. In 1986, an expedition of Soviet polar scientists led by Dmitry Shparo claimed to reach the original...

Vancouver Expedition. The third voyage began by sailing around South Africa, then into the Pacific Ocean. After stopping in New Zealand, the expedition returned...

books about his army service and his expeditions as well as books on explorers Robert Falcon Scott and Ernest Shackleton. Fiennes was born in Windsor, Berkshire...