Shackleton's Endurance: discovering our shared Antarctic heritage

Cheetham was one of the most experienced members of the crew when he joined the 'Endurance' Expedition at the age of 47.

A physically strong man, Vincent was selected by Shackleton to make the hazardous journey in the James Caird to South Georgia.

Stephenson and Holness were the firemen on board the Endurance.

Christian Salvesen was one of the biggest whaling companies in the world and had a base on South Georgia, Sir Ernest Shackleton's last resting place.

Visitor book comment from the Enduring Eye Exhibition, Edinburgh.

Information kindly supplied by a visitor to the Enduring Eye Exhibition, Edinburgh.

Alexander Hepburne Macklin (1889-1967) was one of two surgeons who served on Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1914-1917.

Joseph Stenhouse was a member of the Ross Sea Party, intially as First Officer, but later as Commander of the SY Aurora during the ship's 283 day drift in the ice of the Ross Sea

Food products local to Birmingham were included in the original supplies taken on board the Endurance, including Lea and Perrins Worcestershire Sauce and Cadbury’s cocoa.

Visitor book comment from the Enduring Eye Exhibition, Birmingham.

Visitor book comment from the Enduring Eye Exhibition, Birmingham

Book presented by Fellow lecturers of Birmingham Municipal Technical College as a mark of esteem.

Visitor book comment from the Enduring Eye Exhibition, Birmingham.

George Marston twice accompanied Ernest Shackleton to the Antarctic, first on the British Antarctic 'Nimrod' Expedition (1907-1909) and later on the Imperial Trans-Antarctic 'Endurance' Expedition (1914-1917).

Born in Smethwick, Birmingham, Docker was one of England’s foremost industrialists and was a major benefactor to the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition.

Reginald James used a set of lantern slides to illustrate his talks in Manchester.

Details of a watch believed to have travelled with the Ross Sea Party on board the Aurora.

Following his return from the British Antarctic (Nimrod) Expedition of 1907-1909 Sir Ernest Shackleton lectured at many venues across the UK, including at the Free Trade Hall, Manchester on Friday 5 November 1909.

Extract from a letter written by Reginald James, the expedition's physicist, to his Uncle Lou (Atkinson), from South Georgia, 11 November 1914.

Sir Ernest Shackleton lectured across Manchester and the Northwest following his return from the British Antarctic (Nimrod) Expedition of 1907-1909.

After the Endurance Expedition and subsequent years during WW1 serving in Ypes, France in the Royal Engineers Sound Ranging Section, Reginald James settled in Manchester where he joined the staff of the Physics Department at Manchester University as Lecturer in 1919.

Annie Watson, aged 34, married Reginald James (the Endurance Expedition's physicist), 45, in Manchester on 23 December 1936.