The final few days of our are always the busiest and this year is proving no different! Lovely entries coming in including 'Red Peony' by Isobel Shackleton. Don't miss closing date of May 29 - find full details here https://t.co/0PAvyW1NKa

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1916, The James Caird with Shackleton has reached South Georgia but is unable to land and riding hurricane force winds offshore "Wallowing in a terrible sea, mountainous swell and furious winds conspiring to take us to our destruction".

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The Imperial Trans-Antarctic 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 expedition was an attempt to make the first land crossing of the Antarctic continente. (+)

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Just noticed you never got the full glimpse of Jamie Shackleton’s delicate little tummy. So er, enjoy.

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sets his next big movie as "Ernest Shackleton" Biopic film. The novel, "Cold Courage" just released tells the epic tale like never before. From Publishing > https://t.co/EUpGjsAefw

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1909 explorers Ernest Shackleton, Frank Wild, Jameson Adams & Eric Marshall created a 'Farthest South' record in Antarctica - 88°23'S. Just 97miles from the pole🇦🇶📍[https://t.co/MzhheeEjRN]
Find out more in our C❄❄L book "The Mapping of Antarctica" https://t.co/aC9Cejcd50

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Just sold “Rooftops after the storm” part of “Night & Day” contemporary landscapes exhibition at . Well worth a visit - artists include

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New drawing Shackleton- graphite on paper

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The Weddell Gyre - the massive and relatively unexplored part of the world where Shackleton's "Endurance" was crushed in the ice.

"Science in a Frozen Ocean" in

https://t.co/ueMJio5MsN

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Postcard Trans ANTARCTIC Expedition 1914 ENDURANCE Destroyed Shackleton Dogs 97Q: £10.00End Date: 04-Jun 18:38Buy It Now for only: US £10.00Buy it now | Add to watch list https://t.co/JH7mMNaXTY

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On This Day - April 24th, 1916 the ‘James Caird’ lifeboat was launched.
Aboard Tom Crean (Co. Kerry), Sir Ernest Shackleton (Co. Kildare), Tim McCarthy (Co. Cork), "Chippy" McNish, John Vincent & Frank Worsley. available from

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'The Shackleton sisters: Irish Quaker women c. 1750-1850' a Lunchtime Lecture by Professor Mary O'Dowd, MRIA. Join us for the 5th and final lecture in our series 'Sisters'. Wednesday 17 April 1pm. https://t.co/EzW2NMvhhN

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You know what’s great? ’s character Jaqueline from his indie game project, Shackleton! I *had* to draw her this morning.
Love that classic mascot platformer feel, more of this in the world please! 🗝✨

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Pinch punch first edition on the first of the month🗓🌬This chilly day, we bring you Stanford's 1904 map of Antarctica - the first map of the South Pole to feature in Stanford's "London Atlas" and marks Shackleton & Scott's furthest south (1902). See more: https://t.co/2CAMnFXnOv

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Gertrude Bell joins the company of Neil Armstrong, Jane Goodall & Ernest Shackleton as one of 's Icons in the Explorers category. Tune in tonight at 9pm on BBC 2 to find out more about this extraordinary woman https://t.co/DHUpcSxct3 Then vote for your fave from 10pm!

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my response to the recent Wisconsin Republican legislation slated to limit the power of the incoming Democratic governor and attorney general. part of my series on democracy.

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