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Shackleton
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Shack·le·ton  (shkl-tn), Sir Ernest Henry 1874-1922.
British explorer who led a number of expeditions to the Antarctic and wrote Heart of the Antarctic (1909).

Shackleton [ˈʃækəltən]
n
(Biographies / Shackleton, Sir Ernest Henry (1874-1922) M, British, TRAVEL AND EXPLORATION: explorer) Sir Ernest Henry. 1874-1922, British explorer. He commanded three expeditions to the Antarctic (1907-09; 1914-17; 1921-22), during which the south magnetic pole was located (1909)


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