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Ernest Shackleton Airmail of a Polar Pioneer Name
The text traces Ernest Henry Shackleton born 15 February 1874 at Kilkea House Ireland, tracing Shackleton's lineage to English and Irish roots and the family’s Quaker schooling in Ballitore. It covers his youth in Ireland and England, early schooling at Fir Lodge, interest in polar exploration, and his rise to junior officer on the Discovery for the National Antarctic Expedition. It details his role in the polar voyage including dog drives, the South Polar Times, the Blizzard, and the planned great southern journey beginning 2 November 1902 with Captain Scott, as Shackleton prepares for the Pole and faces possible failure.
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Henest Henry Shackleton
Kilkea House
Kilkea
Athy
Kildare
Ireland
Shackleton
Weptonstall
West Riding
Yorkshire
de Warrens
Henry Shackleton
Darrington
Anthony Frobisher
Martin Frobisher
Artic Experer
Keighley
Ernest Shackleton
England
Abraham Shackleton
Margaret Wilkinson
Ballimore
Dublin
Ballitore
Eton
Richard Brocklesby
Johnson
Edmund Burke
Henrietta Letitia Sophia Gavan
Henry John Gavan
John Gavan
Walls
Higgins
Miss Higgins
Paddy
Mike
Mickey
Fir Lodge
G. Rhodes
St. Patrick’s
St. Patrick
Ernest
Robert F. Scott
Albert B. Armitage
Antartic
Armitage
Wilson
Frank Wild
Clements Markham
Discovery
Cape Armitage
Scott
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