Ka cika wannan jumla: An haife shi a Kilkea, County Kildare, Ireland, Shackleton da iyalinsa 'yan asalin Ingila da Ireland suka ƙaura zuwa Sydenham a kudancin London sa'ad da yake ɗan shekara goma. Shackleton na farko da kwarewa na yankunan polar ya kasance a matsayin jami'in na uku a Captain Robert Falcon Scott ta "Ganowa" balaguro na 1901<unk>1904, daga abin da ya aka aika gida da wuri a kan kiwon lafiya filaye, bayan da shi da sahabbansa Scott da Edward Adrian Wilson kafa wani sabon kudancin rikodin da tafiya zuwa latitude 82 ° S. A lokacin da
"Nimrod" yawon shakatawa na 1907<unk>1909, shi da abokansa uku sun kafa sabon rikodin Latitude na Kudancin Kudancin a 88 ° S, kawai 97 mil mil (112 mil mil ko kilomita 180) daga Kudancin Kudancin, mafi girman ci gaba zuwa ga iyakar a cikin tarihin bincike. Hakanan, membobin tawagarsa sun hau Dutsen Erebus, dutsen mai aman wuta na Antarctic. Domin waɗannan nasarorin, Sarki Edward na bakwai ya ba Shackleton ladar daraja sa'ad da ya koma gida.