Can anyone tell me the best biography of Sir Ernest Shackleton?

Question

Ernest Shackleton is my fav explorer and I was hoping to find a bio on him. Any ideas?

Answer 1

Biography is a great source of inspiration and learning for every good reader. That is why good teachers, good friends, good well wishers and good parents always recommend reading biographies of great personalities to their nears and dears. These days Internet is rich source of information on different subjects. Then how can biographies be far behind. There are many websites which have a good store of biographies of great personalities of the world. If the following websites are surfed thoroughly and consciously, ur requirement can also be met.
http://www.biography-center.com/
http://www.s9.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biography
http://www.britannica.com/
http://www.multcolib.org/homework/biohc.html
http://www.biography.com/search/
http://www.biographybase.com/
http://www.askforkids.com/web?q=biography
Please visit the above pages. I hope, it helps u.

Answer 2

Have you read The Endurance by Carolyn Alexander? While it's not a biography per se (like most books about Shackelton it's about the Endurance) it is really good and also has some of Frank Hurley's beautiful photographs. South by Shackelton is also interesting.

And did you see the movie, starring Kenneth Branagh as Shackleton? (http://www.amazon.com/Shackleton-Greatest-Survival-3-Disc-Collector/dp/B000063TON/ref=pd_bxgy_b_text_b/102-7507413-9884962?ie=UTF8) That was really good, IMO.

Answer 3

Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton, CVO, OBE, Kt, (15 February 1874 – 5 January 1922) was an Anglo-Irish explorer who was one of the principal figures of the period known as the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. His first experience of the polar regions had been as third officer on Captain Scott’s Discovery Expedition, 1901–04, from which he was sent home early on health grounds. Determined to make amends for this perceived personal failure, he returned to Antarctica in 1907 as leader of the Nimrod Expedition. In January 1909 he and three companions made a southern march which established a record Farthest South latitude at 88°23'S, 97 geographical miles (114 statute miles, 190 km) from the South Pole, by far the closest convergence on either Pole in exploration history. For this achievement, Shackleton was knighted by King Edward VII on his return home. After the race to the South Pole ended in 1912 with Roald Amundsen's conquest, Shackleton turned his attention to what he said was the one remaining great object of Antarctic journeying—the crossing of the continent from sea to sea, via the pole. To this end he made preparations for what became the Imperial Transantarctic Expedition, 1914–17. Disaster struck this expedition when its ship, Endurance, was trapped in pack ice and slowly crushed, before the shore parties could be landed. There followed a dramatic sequence of exploits, and an ultimate escape with no lives lost, that would eventually assure Shackleton's heroic status, although this was not immediately evident.[1] In 1921 he went back to the Antarctic with the Shackleton-Rowett Expedition, intending to carry out a programme of scientific and survey activities. Before the expedition could begin this work, Shackleton died of a heart attack while his ship, Quest, was moored in South Georgia. At his family's request he was buried there.

Answer 4

I really enjoyed reading SHIPWRECK AT THE BOTTOM OF THE WORLD by Jennifer Armstrong, but you may already be familiar with it. It focuses on the expedition with some previous background, but not a full bio of his life or anything. You might check the back of the book for sources or a bibliography and find a biography there.

Answer 5

try this link and good luck

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shackleton