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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
Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton CVO OBE FRGS FRSGS (15 February 1874 – 5 January 1922) was an Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer who led three British expeditions to the Antarctic. He was one of the principal figures of the period known as the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.
- William Lachlan Forbes
- Kathleen Shackleton (sister)
Edward Shackleton was the son of the famous Antarctic explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton and a prominent politician and peer. He served in the RAF, the Labour government, the House of Lords and the Royal Geographical Society, and was involved in the Falkland Islands dispute.
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.
Overview. The First Life Peers. Sir Edward Arthur Alexander Shackleton, Lord Shackleton of Burley (1911-1994) Son of the famous Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton, Edward Shackleton was himself an explorer and geographer. He was a Labour MP from 1946 to 1955.
