<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Wazalelwa eKilkea, eCounty Kildare, eIreland, uShackleton nomkhaya wakubo wamaNgisi nama-Irish bathuthela eSydenham emaphethelweni eningizimu yeLondon lapho eneminyaka eyishumi ubudala. Okuhlangenwe nakho kokuqala kukaShackleton ezifundeni ezibandayo kwakuyisikhulu sesithathu ohambweni lukaKaputeni uRobert Falcon Scott oluthi Discovery lwango-1901-1904, lapho athunyelwa khona ekhaya ngaphambi kwesikhathi ngenxa yezizathu zempilo, ngemva kokuba yena nabangane bakhe uScott no-Edward Adrian Wilson bebeke irekhodi elisha laseningizimu ngokuya endaweni engu-82S. Phakathi nohambo lwe-Nimrod  <response>: Ngo-1907-1909, yena nabangane abathathu basungula irekhodi elisha le- Farthest South latitude ku-88S, amamayela angu-97 kuphela 112 amamayela omthetho noma amakhilomitha angu-180 ukusuka eNingizimu Pole, ukuqhubekela phambili okukhulu kunayo yonke emlandweni wokuhlola. Futhi, amalungu eqembu lakhe akhuphukela eNtabeni i - Erebus, intaba - mlilo esebenza kakhulu e - Antarctic. Ngenxa yalezi zenzo, uShackleton waklonyeliswa yiNkosi u - Edward VII lapho ebuyela ekhaya. 