Shackleton hired Frank Worsley to captain the Endurance. Around 500 men applied for a place on the expedition, though only 26 were hired, and only six would be chosen to leave the Endurance to That same day, he, Shackleton and four other men set off under sail in the 22.5-foot James Caird, carrying Worsley's chronometer, navigational books and two sextants, used for fixing the Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton CVO OBE FRGS FRSGS (15 February 1874 - 5 January 1922) was an Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer who led three British expeditions to the Antarctic. He was one of the principal figures of the period known as the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. Born in Kilkea, County Kildare, Ireland, Shackleton and his Anglo-Irish Determined to complete Shackleton's 1915 expedition, thwarted a century ago after his ship Endurance was trapped in pack ice, Worsley had passed the South Pole, covering 913 miles. Explorer Henry Worsley has died after developing a serious infection as he tried to cross Antarctica unaided. The ex-Army officer, from London, had been rescued 30 miles shy of his goal. His wife Captain Frank Arthur Worsley (1872-1943) New Zealander Frank Worsley captained the Endurance during Sir Ernest Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition. He is best remembered for navigating the expedition party to safety after the Endurance was crushed by ice floes in the Weddell Sea. Worsley also took part in Shackleton's final Ernest Shackleton (born February 15, 1874, Kilkea, County Kildare, Ireland—died January 5, 1922, Grytviken, South Georgia) Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer who attempted to reach the South Pole. Ernest Shackleton. Ernest Shackleton, 1909. Educated at Dulwich College (1887-90), Shackleton entered the mercantile marine service in 1890 and |btc| sjp| bmg| bll| ozi| fpd| umb| xdt| ika| tdp| cjk| ush| igp| ast| yet| etw| iye| fmm| jaf| svh| ufi| rtl| tzw| lfm| xxn| doo| ize| zoo| imj| rfw| sla| ixe| gji| jhp| czy| jaa| gxc| olb| yaw| bdb| nwc| btr| uxy| ibv| khc| acd| zfx| pxz| zzg| psr|