Antarctic Fire Angels // Pre-Expedition Journal
This month Georgina Gilbert and Rebecca Openshaw-Rowe will embark on an expedition to Antarctica. Four years in the making, the two firefighters will take on a world first route from Union Glacie...
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 moreTHIS SEASON’S QUEST STARTS HERE August 30th marks the anniversary of the rescue of the crew of the Endurance without a single life lost. It is the moment in Shackleton’s life that definitively sea...
Read moreSHACKLETON IN CHAMONIX // "Adventure takes us to a place where life is precious and death is close"
The Shackleton Challenges team recently returned from a two-week stint in the home of mountaineering, Chamonix. Here, Director of Expeditions, Louis Rudd MBE reports on a successful Alpine Skills C...
Read moreYOUNGEST TO THE POLE // JACOB MYERS EMBARKS ON A HISTORIC SOLO EXPEDITION TO THE SOUTH POLE
Montana, 4th August 2023 – Jacob Myers, an intrepid adventurer and polar enthusiast, is set to take on a remarkable challenge as he attempts to become the youngest person in history to complete...
Read more'SVALBARD PEOPLE' // THE NORTHERN MOST PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION IN THE WORLD
Photographer and writer, Graeme Chesters has a special research interest in the High Arctic. In 2020 he won AP magazine’s Rising Star Award for his work documenting change in the Arctic and was inv...
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...
Read moreTHE SNOW PETRELS OF SVARTHAMAREN // JAMES GRECIAN
Dr James Grecian is an expert in the ecology of marine top predators. His research on the Arctic migration of harp seals was recently featured in BBC Frozen Planet II. He has just returned from Ant...
Read moreLEVISON WOOD JOINS THE SHACKLETON TEAM
We are delighted that modern-day gentleman explorer Levison Wood, has joined Shackleton as an investor and advisor.
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