South Pole

Polar Plateau · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery

Crosses the Polar Plateau to within 97 miles of the South Pole

Port Lyttlelton · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery

Shackletons ship, the Nimrod, leaves Port Lyttlelton for the South Pole

Mount Erebus · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery

Climbs Mt Erebus, the worlds southernmost active volcano

Plymouth · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery

The Endurance leaves Plymouth for Buenos Aires

Edward VII Plat · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery

Names the area where they stop as King Edward VII Plateau

Cape Royds · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery

The Nimrod spots Shackleton from Cape Royds & pick him up

South Pole · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery

Reaches the South Pole and finds that Amundsen's Norwegian party has arrived first

South Pole · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery

Stands with Scott, Oates, Bowers and Evans at the South Pole after the Norwegian party has already departed

River Thames · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery

The Endurance arrives in the Thames for Shackletons expedition to the South Pole

River Thames · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery

The Endurance sails from the Thames for the expedition to reach the South Pole

Margate · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery

Visits George IV who supports the expedition to the South Pole despite immenent war

Plymouth · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery

Appointed Chief Officer of the Endurance

Weddell Sea · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery

Anchors in the Weddell Sea trapped in ice, The Endurance is crushed & sinks

South Georgia · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery

Leads his 4th expedition to the South Pole but dies in South Georgia. Death of Ernest Henry Shackleton, coronary thrombosis