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A descendant of Ernest Shackleton spent a week composing music on a violin made from the Antarctic explorer's floorboards

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern this week is making a rare visit by a world leader to Antarctica

On a mission to Scott Base, Jacinda Ardern says New Zealand's multi-million dollar investment in Antarctic research facilities is vital.

A DESCENDANT of Ernest Shackleton spent a week composing music on a violin made from the famous Antarctic explorer’s floorboards.

Endurance became stuck in ice and sank in the Weddell Sea off the coast of Antarctica in 1915. The wreck now lies at a depth of 9,000 feet

Endurance became stuck in ice and sank in the Weddell Sea off the coast of Antarctica in 1915.

Mensun Bound, who found Ernest Shackleton’s lost ship in March, says question of raising wreck is a ‘hot potato’

Endurance sank after becoming stuck in ice in the Weddell Sea off the coast of Antarctica in 1915.

The book, titled South, has been signed by Ernest Shackleton’s second-in-command, Frank Wild.

It was 1914 when the English explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton set sail on his Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition aboard a ship called Endurance. It was an ill-fated journey: the ship got trapped in the ice and eventually crushed by pack ice in 1915. It sank to the bottom of Antarctica’s Weddell…

Tonight’s federal budget will include more than A$800 million over ten years to provide a “clear marker” of Australia’s “scientific leadership” in Antarctica.