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The Endurance
www.kodak.com/US/en/corp/features/endurance/
The remarkable photographs of Frank Hurley who chronicled the Endurance exhibition.

Shackleton's Antarctic Odyssey
www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/shackleton/
Brilliant website with loads of information on the Shackleton expedition: the team, a timeline, photographs and QuickTime videos of the islands and historical sites.

Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton
http://indigo.ie/~jshack/ernest.html
Looks at Shackleton's life, the Endurance journey and forthcoming expeditions, plus links into other sites.

South Aris Home Page
http://ireland.iol.ie/south-aris/
Sound, pictures and video of the attempt in 1997 to retrace Shackleton's voyage across the Weddell Sea in the James Caird.

You Wouldn't Want to Be a Polar Explorer!
www.salariya.com/web_books/explorer
An amusing, interactive web book for children that describes Shackleton's Endurance expedition.

Further reading

Heart of the Antarctic by Ernest Shackleton (Constable Robinson, 1999) £12.99.
Frustrated by the failure of the 1901-4 Discovery expedition under Scott, Shackleton's own attempt to reach the South Pole in 1907-9 is recounted here. Ultimately he came within 97 miles, but had to race against the approaching winter to get back before his ship sailed.

South: The Endurance expedition by Ernest Shackleton and Frank Hurley (Penguin Books, 1999) £5.99.
Shackleton's first-hand account of the Endurance expedition.

The Endurance by Caroline Alexander (Bloomsbury, 1999) £12.99.
A dramatic history of Shackleton's expedition, accompanied by Frank Hurley's evocative photographs. The Channel 4 documentary was based on this book.

Shackleton by Roland Huntford (Abacus, 1996) £12.99.
A biography of Ernest Shackleton, the quintessential Edwardian hero. A contemporary of Scott, he sailed on the Discovery expedition of 1901-4, and mounted three of his own. This book won the Nelson Hurst & Marsh biography award.

Shackleton's Boat Journey by F A Worsley (Pimlico, 1999) £10.
Shackleton's 1914-16 expedition from the point of view of the captain of HMS Endurance.