“I have often marvelled at the thin line which separates success from failure.”- Sir Ernest Shackleton Shackleton team members were delighted to be invited to the film premiere of ENDURANCE at the ...
Read moreSHACKLETON X ROYAL ENFIELD HIMALAYAN // Louis Rudd's World-First Winter Traverse of the Himalayas
In 2023, Director of Expeditions, Louis Rudd MBE pioneered a 800 mile winter route across the Indian Himalayas on Royal Enfield’s all-new Himalayan 450 off-road motorcycle. The three week journey a...
Read moreFOUND! The shipwreck of Ernest Shackleton’s ‘Quest’ is discovered in the Labrador Sea
SHACKLETON co-founder Martin Brooks reports from the ship at the centre of Royal Canadian Geographical Society’s expedition, supported and equipped by Shackleton.
Read moreSHACKLETON MEDAL 2024: THE LONGLIST
Once more, the longlist for the 2024 Shackleton Medal for the Protection of the Polar Regions reveals the extraordinary range of people working in the Arctic and Antarctic today. It includes scient...
Read moreShackleton Medal Judge Pirita Näkkäläjärvi on the Sámi Greta Thunberg
Shackleton Medal judge Pirita Näkkäläjärvi is the recently elected President of the Sámi Parliament in Finland. Here she talks to Rachel Halliburton about strong Sámi women, the importance of the o...
Read moreJohn Geiger: The Third Man Factor And The Shackleton Medal
John Geiger is Chief Executive of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society (RCGS) and the internationally bestselling author of seven books, including The Third Man Factor. As he joins the judging p...
Read moreFROM THE PEAK OF THE ANDES TO THE POLAR WILDERNESS
Shackleton Director of Expeditions, Louis Rudd and Expeditions Manager, Wendy Searle summitted Aconcagua - the highest peak in all of the Americas and the highest mountain outside of the Himalayas ...
Read moreYOUNGEST TO POLE // PRE-EXPEDITION JOURNAL
In under a month Jacob 'Valhalla' Myers, an intrepid polar enthusiast and Shackleton Guide, is set to embark on his attempt to become the youngest person in history to complete a solo, unsupported ...
Read moreNOTES FROM ROTHERA // HOW SEALS INDICATE THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE IN ANTARCTICA
Dr Connor Bamford is a marine ecologist based in the UK with a passion for ffurthering marine conservation in the polar regions. He and a multinational team of scientists have embarked on the first...
Read moreTHE SYMBOLISM BEHIND THE SHACKLETON ICONOGRAPHY
Since launching the CHALLENGER range of elite technical apparel in April, we’ve had a terrific level of interest in the products, the future product pipeline and also in the symbol we have selected...
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