Ernest Shackleton: The Hero of Antarctic Explorations
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Ernest Henry Shackleton was born to an Anglo-Irish family in County Kildare, Ireland, on February 15, 1874. He was the second of ten children and the oldest son of Henry, a doctor, and Henrietta. The family moved to London when Shackleton was a young boy, where he grew up and studied. Rejecting his father's wishes to make him a doctor, Shackleton joined the merchant navy at 16 and became a certified master mariner six years later, in 1898.
Ernest Shackleton: The Hero of Antarctic Explorations
Ernest Shackleton: The Hero of Antarctic…
Ernest Shackleton: The Hero of Antarctic Explorations
Ernest Henry Shackleton was born to an Anglo-Irish family in County Kildare, Ireland, on February 15, 1874. He was the second of ten children and the oldest son of Henry, a doctor, and Henrietta. The family moved to London when Shackleton was a young boy, where he grew up and studied. Rejecting his father's wishes to make him a doctor, Shackleton joined the merchant navy at 16 and became a certified master mariner six years later, in 1898.