Amid fears the wreck will be more accessible to explorers – and new species – as the climate warms, conservationists want to create the region’s first underwater protected area ...

Chemicals found inside two of Antarctica's most important historical sites, Earnest Shackleton's and Robert Falcon Scott's ...

In Louis Bernacchi’s own hand he carefully points out the equipment of his portable electrometer, standing fast in the Antarctic ice on the famous Robert Falcon Scott and Ernest Shackleton Discovery ...

The recent discovery of Sir Ernest Shackleton's ship Endurance has thrust his epic tale of Antarctic survival into the limelight once again. The story still resonates with readers more than a century ...

Researchers have discovered the remarkably well-preserved wreck of polar explorer Ernest Shackleton’s ship, Endurance, in 10,000 feet (about 3,000 metres) of icy water, a century after it was ...

EXCLUSIVE: The only granddaughter of the legendary Anglo-Irish explorer tells the story of her granddad's incredible escape as the Endurance plunged to its watery grave. "I was used to people always ...