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Shackleton's family moved to County Kildare in Lreand where Ernest was born on the 15th of February 1874
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Enrest Shackleton's first expedition was in 1902 on the 31st of December 1902 with Robert Scott for the Discovery Expedition
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This is when Ernest Shackleton was married to Emily Mary Dorman
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Ernest Shackleton's Trans-Antarctica expedition was from 1914-1917 is one of the most incredible adventure stories of all time. The intention was to cross the Antarctic continent from coast to the other.
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Shackleton last expedition was in 1921 to 1922, his expedition was called the 'Shackleton-Rowett Expedition' which was his final episode in the Heroic Age Of Antarctic Exploration