Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton CVO OBE, was one of the principal figures of the period known as the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.
His first experience of the polar regions was as third officer on Captain Scott\'s Discovery Expedition, 1901-04, from whi.
Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton CVO OBE, was one of the principal figures of the period known as the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration