Autographs of Ernest Shackleton
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. More about Ernest Shackleton
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Born in Kilkea, County Kildare, Ireland, Shackleton and his Anglo-Irish family moved to Sydenham in suburban south London when he was ten. Shackleton's first experience of the polar regions was as third officer on Captain Robert Falcon Scott's Discovery expedition of 1901–1904, from which he was sent home early on health grounds, after he and his companions Scott and Edward Adrian Wilson set a new southern record by marching to latitude 82°S. During the Nimrod expedition of 1907–1909, he and three companions established a new record Farthest South latitude at 88°S, only 97 geographical miles (112 statute miles or 180 kilometres) from the South Pole, the largest advance to the pole in exploration history. Also, members of his team climbed Mount Erebus, the most active Antarctic volcano. For these achievements, Shackleton was knighted by King Edward VII on his return home.
After the race to the South Pole ended in December 1911, with Roald Amundsen's conquest, Shackleton turned his attention to the crossing of Antarctica from sea to sea, via the pole. To this end, he made preparations for what became the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1914–1917. Disaster struck this expedition when its ship, Endurance, became trapped in pack ice and finally sank in the Weddell Sea off Antarctica on 21 November 1915. The crew escaped by camping on the sea ice until it disintegrated, then by launching the lifeboats to reach Elephant Island and ultimately South Georgia Island, a stormy ocean voyage of 720 nautical miles (1,330 km; 830 mi) and Shackleton's most famous exploit. In 1921, he returned to the Antarctic with the Shackleton–Rowett Expedition, but died of a heart attack while his ship was moored in South Georgia. At his wife's request, he was buried there. The wreck of Endurance was discovered just over a century later. Read even more about Ernest Shackleton at Wikipedia
After the race to the South Pole ended in December 1911, with Roald Amundsen's conquest, Shackleton turned his attention to the crossing of Antarctica from sea to sea, via the pole. To this end, he made preparations for what became the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1914–1917. Disaster struck this expedition when its ship, Endurance, became trapped in pack ice and finally sank in the Weddell Sea off Antarctica on 21 November 1915. The crew escaped by camping on the sea ice until it disintegrated, then by launching the lifeboats to reach Elephant Island and ultimately South Georgia Island, a stormy ocean voyage of 720 nautical miles (1,330 km; 830 mi) and Shackleton's most famous exploit. In 1921, he returned to the Antarctic with the Shackleton–Rowett Expedition, but died of a heart attack while his ship was moored in South Georgia. At his wife's request, he was buried there. The wreck of Endurance was discovered just over a century later. Read even more about Ernest Shackleton at Wikipedia
Traded items with a signature of Ernest Shackleton
The most expensive item with a signature of Ernest Shackleton (The Heart of the Antarctic by Ernest Shackleton - Signed First edition 1909) was sold in February 2020 for £7995.00 while the cheapest item (ERNEST SHACKLETON Signed Photograph - Explorer) found a new owner for £0.99 in August 2014. The month with the most items sold (2) was January 2013 with an average selling price of £349.98 for an autographed item of Ernest Shackleton. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in August 2021 with £1175.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £0.99 was June 2014. In average, an autographed item from Ernest Shackleton is worth £209.00.
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| Item Title | Price | Store | |
|---|---|---|---|
 | *VERY RARE* ERNEST SHACKLETON AUTOGRAPH HAND SIGNED PORTRAIT EXPLORER | £349.99 | |
| ERNEST SHACKLETON ORIGINAL AUTOGRAPH. ENDURANCE | £1175.00 | |
| ERNEST SHACKLETON - Polar Explorer - Endurance Expedition - Autograph Letter !! | £1134.00 | |
| ERNEST SHACKLETON - Signed - Polar Explorer - Antarctic - Bold Autograph !! | £770.00 | |
| Ernest Shackleton Autograph - Antarctic Explorer | £330.00 | |
| Ernest Shackleton Autograph - Antarctic Explorer | £360.00 | |
| Ernest Shackleton Autograph With British Antarctic Expedition Stamp, 1907 | £555.00 | |
| Ernest Shackleton Autograph, 1919 - Antarctic Explorer | £316.88 | |
| ERNEST SHACKLETON FINE GENUINE SIGNATURE & PHOTOGRAPH MOUNTED & FRAMED DISPLAY | £395.00 | |
| Ernest Shackleton – explorer – excellent signature - one of his very last... | £293.00 | |
| Frank Worsley Hand-signed Autograph Very Rare, Endurance, Ernest Shackleton | £750.00 | |
| HENRY SHACKLETON ORIGINAL SIGNED NOTE. FATHER OF ERNEST SHACKLETON | £68.66 | |
| Signed postcard, Charles Green (CJ Green), Endurance, Sir Ernest Shackleton | £125.00 | |
| Signed postcard, Charles Green (CJ Green), Endurance, Sir Ernest Shackleton | £125.00 | |
| SOUTH 1920 SIGNED COPY BOOK BY ERNEST SHACKLETON GREAT ANTARTIC EXPLORER | £1000.00 | |