Conservator Sophie Rowe said: 'It's probably safe to say that Scott and Shackleton were better at polar exploration than they were at drawing.' Signed chalk drawings of penguins by polar explorers ...

But on the other side of the pole, Shackleton could be racing, like Scott, for the salvation of the depot ahead. And the first would be the as-yet unlaid caches at 83º37', 83º, 82º, and 81º.

In 1902, Scott, Dr. Edward Wilson, and Ernest Shackleton set out with dog teams and sledges aiming to be the first to reach the South Pole. They pushed south to 82º16.5'S, when scurvy ...

The expedition - which included Ernest Shackleton - reached further south than anyone before them and Scott returned to Britain a national hero. He had caught the exploring bug and began to plan ...

Shackleton and Scott were men with a common goal the South Pole However divisions between them grew as jealousy and intrigue intensified their rivalry This intriguing documentary draws upon a ...

Historians have long been divided about who was the real hero of the Golden Age of Polar Exploration: Scott or Shackleton?

In the documentary, the expedition leader, Dr. John Shears, states that Shackleton had the ability to persuade Scott to take "a merchant marine all the way to the Antarctic" and appoint him as ...