Shackleton is pictured in sepia with a dog. Both look to be on a ship as sails are in the background

Shackleton's life and expeditions

Key Stage Two Key Stage One Animation Interactive

This timeline outlines Shackleton’s life, expeditions and wider work from his birth in 1874 to his death in 1922.

Accompanying resources

Find out more about the Endurance22 Expedition which located the wreck of Endurance, the lost ship of polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton, in March 2022.

Find more resources about Shackleton and his expeditions and also about Antarctica

Case study
Shackleton’s Endurance - A story of adventure and leadership
A first-person narration of the voyage of Endurance
Key Stage Three
Make your own model of Endurance
With instructions from @DarrellWakelam
Case study
Teaching Ernest Shackleton as a significant individual in Primary History at KS1

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Shackleton's life and expeditions

Accompanying resources

Shackleton’s Endurance - A story of adventure and leadership

Make your own model of Endurance

Teaching Ernest Shackleton as a significant individual in Primary History at KS1