- Born
- February 15, 1874
- Died
- January 5, 1922 (aged 47)
- Known as
- explorer, military officer, traveler, polar explorer, scientific collector
Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton 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.
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