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Shackleton, Ernest
     
Shackleton, Ernest
(1874-1922) a British explorer of the Antarctic. He was a member of the expedition led by Robert Scott, and then led three more expeditions himself. He found the south magnetic pole in 1908-9, and died on his fourth expedition.
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