Photography competition: Selection #1

Following the launch of the Frank Hurley Photographer’s Jacket, a world-first collaboration with Leica Camera AG, Shackleton is hosting a photography competition to celebrate the cultures, wildlife...

Who financed Shackleton’s expeditions?

Ernest Shackleton’s adventures as a pioneering Antarctic explorer a century ago might never have happened without the crucial support of many rich businessmen or wealthy individuals, who bankrolle...

Shackleton co-founder in Atlantic row

Ian Holdcroft, co-founder of Shackleton, heads into the Atlantic Ocean with The Felix Five to take part in the world’s toughest row. Here’s how to follow his progress.

Kiliii Yuyan: Outside your cultural zone

Photojournalist and National Geographic contributor Kiliii Yuyan has spent years immersing himself in faraway cultures, offering a glimpse into a way of life most of us will never experience.

Martin Hartley Photography Exhibition

Photographer Martin Hartley showcases Taken To Extremes exhibition at the Shackleton Store in Mayfair, paying homage to the power of human compulsion; the same compulsion that drove early pioneers ...

Shackleton x Leica: Frank Hurley Photographer's Jacket

Introducing the world's first expedition photographer's jacket. Designed to help photographers capture the extreme. A collaboration between Shackleton and Leica Camera AG.

Ultra-travel: Into the unknown

Escape the hustle and bustle of everyday life and experience places that few people (if any) have ever been.

Women living on the edge of earth

Photographer Alegra Ally lived in a small yurt on the Siberian tundra with a traditional Nenets family to document their life in one of the most extreme environments on earth.

Above and beyond with Florian Ledoux

Florian Ledoux use drones to capture the most untouched regions on earth and, more importantly, highlight the need to protect them.

Martin Hartley: driven by responsibility

Martin Hartley’s introduction to the Arctic Ocean was brutal. Seventeen years later, he is preparing to head back yet again to undertake his most important assignment to date.