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CHANNEL 4: ANOTHER INVALUABLE OUTLINE OF SHACKLETON'S LIFE AND DEEDS
Among a number of websites containing a large amount of well-researched information on Shackleton's life and achievements is the Channel4 Television Website.'
It focuses especially on his most famous expedition, the ill-fated voyage aboard Endurance in 1914-16, but also looks at earlier events in his life, examines many aspects of the Antartic and has a short section on Captain Scott, under whom Shackleton served in 1901-4 on his first Antarctic Expedition.
Read the story at the Channel 4 website The fascinating story of the Endurance expedition and the heroic rescue The website relates to a programme made some time ago, but almost all of the information is intriguing and still holds good.
Shackleton's life The History of Antarctic Exploration
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