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Cross erected in memory of explorer Shackleton to travel 7,000 miles to Scotland

The memorial at Hope Point, South Georgia, is to find a new home at the Discovery Point museum in Dundee.

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Ernest Shackleton s birth remembered with memorial cross travelling 11,000km

Shackleton was born in Kilkea, Co Kildare, in 1874 and died in January 1922 after suffering a heart attack on board his expedition ship.

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Cross erected in memory of Shackleton to travel to Scotland

Cross erected in memory of Shackleton to travel to Scotland
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Folk invited to share memories and stories of whaling

FORMER whalers, their families and the wider community are being invited to take part in workshops in Lerwick next month and share stories about the industry..

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Dundee links in spotlight as Sir Ernest Shackleton s crow s nest returns to UK

The look-out barrel from Shackleton's fourth and final voyage aboard the Quest has returned from South Georgia

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