Timothy McCarthy Polar Medal sold for £65,000 at auction
Shackleton museum in Kildare fails to match bid for award to Irish Antarctic adventurer
Shackleton’s cabin lands in Connemara for restoration
Explorer died of a heart attack in his ‘sea bedroom’ in 1922
Recreating Ernest Shackleton’s rescue, trench foot and all
A team has recreated Shackleton’s Antarctic rescue mission of 1916, right down to period equipment and food. The only modern touches were the safety equipment and melting glaciers
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