Shackleton is famous for his expeditions in Antarctica, but he started his career as a Merchant Marine. Part one of this story covers his early life, early expeditions, and the treacherous start of his most famous expedition, just after WWI began.

Research:
LeBrun, Nancy. “Survival! The Shackleton Story.” National Geogrpahic. Via YouTube. 1991. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgh_77TtX5I
"Ernest Shackleton, Sir." Explorers & Discoverers of the World, Gale, 1993. Gale In Context: U.S. History, link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1614000271/GPS?u=mlin_n_melpub&sid=bookmark-GPS&xid=b93f5648. Accessed 14 Mar. 2022.
Savours, Ann. “Shackleton, Sir Ernest Henry.” Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.  9/23/2004. https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/36034
"Patience and Endurance; Underwater archaeology." The Economist, 12 Mar. 2022, p. 69(US). Gale OneFile: Business, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A696334375/GPS?u=mlin_n_melpub&sid=bookmark-GPS&xid=e2fe8a81. Accessed 14 Mar. 2022.
Falkland Maritime Heritage Trust. “Endurance 22.” https://endurance22.org/
Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "Ernest Shackleton". Encyclopedia Britannica, 11 Feb. 2022, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ernest-Henry-Shackleton. Accessed 15 March 2022.
Tyler, Kelly. “Shackleton's Lost Men.” Shackleton: Voyage of Endurance. Nova. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/shackleton/1914/lostmen.html
Roisman-Cooper, Barbara. “Part I: Polar dreams, polar disappointments.” British Heritage. Jun/Jul99, Vol. 20 Issue 4, p32.
Roisman-Cooper, Barbara. “Part 2: Polar dreams, polar disappointments.” British Heritage. Oct/Nov99, Vol. 20 Issue 6, p52.
Schultheiss, Katrin. “The Ends of the Earth and the “Heroic Age” of Polar Exploration: A Review Essay.” Historically Speaking, Volume 10, Number 2, April 2009, pp. 14-17. https://doi.org/10.1353/hsp.0.0026
Alexander, Caroline. “The Endurance: Shackleton’s Legendary Antarctic Expedition.” With the American Museum of Natural History. Knopf. 1998.

Shackleton is famous for his expeditions in Antarctica, but he started his career as a Merchant Marine. Part one of this story covers his early life, early expeditions, and the treacherous start of his most famous expedition, just after WWI began.
Research:
<ul>
<li>LeBrun, Nancy. &ldquo;Survival! The Shackleton Story.&rdquo; National Geogrpahic. Via YouTube. 1991. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgh_77TtX5I</li>
<li>"Ernest Shackleton, Sir." Explorers &amp; Discoverers of the World, Gale, 1993. Gale In Context: U.S. History, link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1614000271/GPS?u=mlin_n_melpub&amp;sid=bookmark-GPS&amp;xid=b93f5648. Accessed 14 Mar. 2022.</li>
<li>Savours, Ann. &ldquo;Shackleton, Sir Ernest Henry.&rdquo; Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.&nbsp; 9/23/2004. https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/36034</li>
<li>"Patience and Endurance; Underwater archaeology." The Economist, 12 Mar. 2022, p. 69(US). Gale OneFile: Business, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A696334375/GPS?u=mlin_n_melpub&amp;sid=bookmark-GPS&amp;xid=e2fe8a81. Accessed 14 Mar. 2022.</li>
<li>Falkland Maritime Heritage Trust. &ldquo;Endurance 22.&rdquo; https://endurance22.org/</li>
<li>Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "Ernest Shackleton". Encyclopedia Britannica, 11 Feb. 2022, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ernest-Henry-Shackleton. Accessed 15 March 2022.</li>
<li>Tyler, Kelly. &ldquo;Shackleton's Lost Men.&rdquo; Shackleton: Voyage of Endurance. Nova. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/shackleton/1914/lostmen.html</li>
<li>Roisman-Cooper, Barbara. &ldquo;Part I: Polar dreams, polar disappointments.&rdquo; British Heritage. Jun/Jul99, Vol. 20 Issue 4, p32.</li>
<li>Roisman-Cooper, Barbara. &ldquo;Part 2: Polar dreams, polar disappointments.&rdquo; British Heritage. Oct/Nov99, Vol. 20 Issue 6, p52.</li>
<li>Schultheiss, Katrin. &ldquo;The Ends of the Earth and the &ldquo;Heroic Age&rdquo; of Polar Exploration: A Review Essay.&rdquo; Historically Speaking, Volume 10, Number 2, April 2009, pp. 14-17. https://doi.org/10.1353/hsp.0.0026</li>
<li>Alexander, Caroline. &ldquo;The Endurance: Shackleton&rsquo;s Legendary Antarctic Expedition.&rdquo; With the American Museum of Natural History. Knopf. 1998.</li>
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