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Ernest Shackleton is born on the 15th of February 1874 in Kildare County, Ireland.
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Ernest Shackleton goes to Liverpool to join the ship Hoghton Tower which is headed for Valparaiso and Cape Horn
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Shackleton sets out on his first expedition to Antarctica on the ship Nimrod. On his expediton he and his team climb Mt Erebus, the 2nd highest volcano in Antarctica, make a number of scientific discoveries, and get closer to the South Pole than ever before.
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Shackleton sets off with his crew again to Antarctica on the ship Endurance.
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The Endurance gets stuck in pack ice.
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Shackleton goes with his crew to Elephant island after they abandoned the ship.
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Shackleton and some of his crew travel to South Georgia to find help for the rest of his men.
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Shackleton arrives at Stromness whaling station after 36 hours of trekking.
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Shackleton sails with the few men with him to Elephant island to rescue their crew. The boat they are on is the Yelcho, a boat that they had borrowed form the Chilean Government.
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Shackleton arrives at Elephant island and rescues the rest of his men. Not a single member of the crew died.
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