Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An haife shi a Kilkea, County Kildare, Ireland, Shackleton da dangin sa na Anglo-Irish sun koma Sydenham a kudancin London lokacin da yake dan shekara goma. Shackleton na farko da kwarewa na yankunan polar ya kasance a matsayin na uku jami'in 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" balaguro
na 1907<unk>1909, shi da abokansa uku sun kafa sabon rikodin Latitude na Kudu mafi nisa a 88 ° S, mil 97 ne kawai (112 mil mil ko kilomita 180) daga Kudancin Kudancin, mafi girman ci gaba zuwa 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.