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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The memorial at Hope Point, South Georgia, is to find a new home at the Discovery Point museum in Dundee.
Shackleton was born in Kilkea, Co Kildare, in 1874 and died in January 1922 after suffering a heart attack on board his expedition ship.
The cross stood at Hope Point on the island of South Georgia for nearly 100 years, before a decision was made in 2018 to replace it with a replica.
The cross has been loaded onto the RRS Sir David Attenborough to travel the 11,000 km from South Georgia Island to Dundee.
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