^Modern calculations, based on Shackleton's photograph and Wilson's drawing, place the furthest point reached at 82° 11′. (Crane, pp. 214–5)
^ Shackleton stood as political candidate in Dundee but finished fourth of five candidates, with 3,865 votes to the victor's 9,276. (Morrell & Capparell, p. 32)
^ Beardmore's help took the form of guaranteeing a loan at Clydesdale Bank, for £7,000 (2008 equivalent approx. £350,000), not through an outright gift. (Riffenburgh 2005, p. 106)
^ The distance from the Pole is commonly given as 97 or 98 miles, this being the distance in nautical miles. (Shackleton, Heart of the Antarctic, p. 210)
^ This expedition took place under Mawson, without Shackleton's participation, as the Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1911–13. (Riffenburgh 2005, p. 298)
^ Filchner was able to bring back geographical information that would be of much use to Shackleton, including the discovery of a possible landing site at Vahsel Bay. (Huntford, p. 367)
^ Churchill sent Shackleton a one-word telegram on 3 August – Proceed. (Fisher, p. 324)
^ For an account of McNish's "mutiny", see Huntford, pp. 475–76. Despite McNish's heroics during the James Caird voyage, Shackleton refused to recommend him for the award of a Polar Medal. (Huntford, p. 656)
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Further reading
Hurley, Frank (2004). South with Endurance: Shackleton's Antarctic Expedition 1914–1917, the photographs of Frank Hurley. London: Bloomsbury. ISBN 0-7475-7534-7.
Lansing, Alfred (2001). Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. ISBN 978-02978-2919-5.
Mill, Hugh Robert (2006). The Life of Sir Ernest Shackleton. London: William Heinemann.
Shackleton, Jonathan; MacKenna, John (2002). Shackleton: an Irishman in Antarctica. University of Wisconsin Press. ISBN 0299186202.
Turley, Charles (1914). The Voyages of Captain Scott. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
Worsley, Frank A. (1999). Shackleton's Boat Journey. London: Pimlico. ISBN 0-7126-6574-9.
Sir Ernest Shackleton, 1874–1922 indigo.i.e. Site managed on behalf of Shackleton family
"The James Caird Society". www.JamesCairdSociety.com. http://www.JamesCairdSociety.com/. Retrieved 12 October 2011.
"Sir Ernest Shackleton". Athy Heritage Centre Museum. http://www.athyheritagecentre-museum.ie/shackleton/. Retrieved 12 October 2011.
Archival material relating to Ernest Shackleton listed at the UK National Register of Archives
History, Distilled New York Times article on the whisky recovered in 2010
Images of Shackleton from the Scott Polar Research Institute at the University of Cambridge
Listen to Ernest Shackleton describing his 1908 South Pole Expedition, and read more about the recording on [australianscreen online].
The recording describing Shackleton's 1908 South Pole Expedition was added to the National Film and Sound Archive's Sounds of Australia Registry in 2007
Ernest Shackleton and dogs on Nimrod back from expedition to reach Antarctica, 1909 (photo by Philip Brocklehurst)
Ernest Shackleton speaking on Antarctic attempt (archive.org – Free download)