Anthony Charles Shackleton “Lester” Pigott, who suffered a heart attack. was a distant relative of the Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton. He was born in Fulham in 1958 and went to Harrow School bef...
02.02.2026 Espn.co.uk and 9 sites
The race to the lunar South Pole is no longer just about planting flags; it is about building a consistent supply chain. Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin is currently refining its Endurance lander to serve as...
01.31.2026 Indiatoday.inWhen people are pushed to the edge of human endurance, lost in icy wilderness, stranded after a shipwreck, trapped on a mountain with no strength left to climb, something extraordinary can happen. In ...
01.30.2026 Timesnownews.com
T he appeal of travelling into the unknown can also be tinged with trepidation as to what may be waiting on arrival - particularly if the destination is off the beaten track. Not ones to do things by ...
01.31.2026 Yorkshiretimes.co.uk
The floor inside the Fair Weather. Much of exterior work on the boat has been completed and now the owners are hoping the work can be finished in Cayman. – Photo: Supplied In a shipyard located at Britain’s most inland port, at the Gloucester Docks in Gloucestershire, a piece of Cayman’s maritime history sits waiting to make its way home. The 75-year-old Fair Weather, thought to be the last seaworthy wooden schooner built by Cayman Boats Ltd. , has been undergoing an extensive overhaul at T. Nie...
02.04.2026 Caymancompass.com
It was a night for be-medalled ice navigators. Don’t think, though, that last Friday (January 30th’s) Inaugural Dinner of the Irish Polar Institute in the National Yacht Club (on top of their best cat...
02.02.2026 Afloat.ie
A group of Irish explorers have awarded a posthumous medal to Henry or Harry “Chippy” MNish , the Scottish carpenter who helped save the lives of Sir Ernest Shackleton and his Endurance crew. The inau...
02.02.2026 Afloat.ie
Roland Huntford, author of polar histories and biographies, passed away on Friday, January 23, after a brief illness. Huntford wrote bestselling biographies of Ernest Shackleton, Fridtjof Nansen, and ...
01.29.2026 Explorersweb.com