• The ShackletonRowett Expedition (1921–22) was Sir Ernest Shackleton's last Antarctic project, and the final episode in the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration...
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    miles (1,330 km; 830 mi) in Shackleton's most famous exploit. He returned to the Antarctic with the ShackletonRowett Expedition in 1921, but died of a heart...
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  • The ShackletonRowett Expedition, 1921–22, was the last Antarctic expedition led by Sir Ernest Shackleton. Proposed as an ambitious two-year programme...
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    March 1919. He thereafter organised one final Antarctic expedition, the ShackletonRowett Expedition on Quest, which left London on 17 September 1921. From...
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    island of South Georgia, while en route to Antarctica during the ShackletonRowett Expedition. Following Sir Ernest's death in South Georgia, Lady Emily worked...
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    Quest (ship) (category Ernest Shackleton)
    exploration vessel of the ShackletonRowett Expedition of 1921–1922. It was aboard this vessel that Sir Ernest Shackleton died on 5 January 1922 while...
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    later Ernest Shackleton's Nimrod Expedition sailed for Antarctica, while Robert Falcon Scott was preparing a further expedition should Shackleton fail. Amundsen...
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    Nova Expedition. They were chosen from 8,000 applicants, and included seven Discovery veterans together with five who had been with Shackleton on his...
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    1901–1904 expedition ship Discovery, and Shackleton's crew lacked relevant experience. Controversy arose from Shackleton's decision to base the expedition in...
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    Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration (category Antarctic expeditions)
    of the 19th century, and ended after the First World War; the ShackletonRowett Expedition of 1921–1922 is often cited by historians as the dividing line...
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