The Grave of Ernest Shackleton

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54.2850° S // 36.5073° W

One of the greatest explorers of the 20th century, Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton (known as “The Boss” by his crew) was a polar explorer who led three British expeditions to the Antarctic during the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.

Though a legendary explorer, it was not his successful expeditions that made him a legend, but the successful recovery of his failed 1914-17 Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (Endurance) without a single loss of life that cemented his legacy.

Shackleton died of a heart attack on January 5, 1922 at the age of 47, he was buried on South Georgia . Endurance crewmember Alexander Macklin, wrote: “I think this is as ‘the Boss’ would have had it himself, standing lonely in an island far from civilisation, surrounded by stormy tempestuous seas, & in the vicinity of one of his greatest exploits.”

Special thanks to Lindblad Expeditions in making this possible.