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Shackleton Foundation trustee, Tim Fright, is currently cycling from London to Geneva on a fold-up Brompton bike to raise money for the charity.He has written an update from the road:“Overall the going’s been good so far and I’ve been lucky enough to …

To mark the centenary of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Endurance expedition this year, the Shackleton Foundation is running the My Antarctic campaign. This campaign sees trustees of the Shackleton Foundation face their very own ‘Antarctic’, a personal challenge to overcome, in order to …

Friends of the Shackleton Foundation can receive 25% of a special edition of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s ‘South’, featuring a foreword by explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes.Bloomsbury have published this high quality collectors edition of South to commemorate the centenary of the Endurance expedition.To …

The Shackleton Foundation received this lovely diary from a year nine student from Purbeck Upper School in Dorest.We are posting the first page to mark the centenary of the Endurance setting sail from Plymouth.More to follow in the coming months!

The Endurance set sail from Plymouth 100 years ago today. The following is an excerpt from South, Sir Ernest Shackleton’s account of the Endurance expedition.“Towards the end of July all was ready, when suddenly the war clouds darkened over Europe. It had …

Tim Fright, Shackleton Trustee, wrote the following article for Cambridge MBA Inside Stories.On 22nd September 2014 I will cycle a fold-up Brompton bicycle from London to Geneva. I expect the journey to be around 700 miles and should (bearing minor mishaps and …