Quote of the day
The liberty of man consists solely in this: that he obeys natural laws because he has himself recognized them as such, and not because they have been externally imposed upon him by any extrinsic will whatever, divine or human, collective or individual.
Ernest Shackleton
Born: February 15, 1874
Died: January 5, 1922 (aged 47)
Bio: Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton was a polar explorer who led three British expeditions to the Antarctic, and one of the principal figures of the period known as the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.
Known for:
- South: The Endurance Expedition (1919)
- South: A Memoir of the Endurance Voyage
- Aurora Australis (1908)