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Edward Arthur Alexander Shackleton, Baron Shackleton OBE PC (* 15. Juli 1911 in London; † 22. September 1994 in Lymington, Hampshire ), war ein britischer Forschungsreisender und Politiker der Labour Party . Leben. Der dreijährige Edward Shackleton mit seinem Vater im Jahr 1914.
Für diese Leistung wurde Shackleton von König Edward VII. zum Ritter geschlagen. Nachdem der Norweger Roald Amundsen 1911 den Südpol erreicht hatte, verlagerte Shackleton sein Augenmerk auf die Durchquerung des antarktischen Kontinents von Küste zu Küste über den geographischen Südpol hinweg.
Edward Arthur Alexander Shackleton, Baron Shackleton, KG, AC, OBE, PC, FRS, FRGS [1] (15 July 1911 – 22 September 1994) was a British geographer, Royal Air Force officer and Labour Party politician. Early life and career. Born in Wandsworth, London, Shackleton was the younger son of Emily Mary and Sir Ernest Shackleton, the Antarctic explorer.
- 1940–1956
- Harold Wilson
Edward Shackleton scarcely knew his father, who died when he was ten, although he revered his memory. He was educated at Radley and Magdalen College Oxford, where he joined the University Exploration Club. With the Club he surveyed the jungles of Sarawak in 1932 and made the first recorded ascent of Mount Mulu, the highest peak in the colony. His next expedition in 1934-5 was to Ellesmere ...
24. Mai 2022 · Miriam Gibson, 24 May 2022 - History, Politics. When Edward Shackleton was ten years old, his father, the explorer Ernest Shackleton, died while on a voyage in the South Atlantic. Edward Shackleton was inspired by his father to become an adventurer himself, and led expeditions to Malaysia and Canada.
Edward Arthur Alexander Shackleton was born on 15 July 1911 in London, the son of Ernest and Emily Shackleton. While an undergraduate at Magdalen College, Oxford, he joined the Oxford University Expedition to Sarawak as surveyor in 1932, making the first ascent of Mount Mulu.
Edward Arthur Alexander Shackleton, Baron Shackleton. (1911-1994), Geographer and politician; son of Sir Ernest Shackleton. Sitter in 8 portraits. A geographer and Labour Party politician, and was the son of the Antarctic explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton. In 1934 Shackleton organised the Oxford University Ellesmere Land Expedition and choose ...
