Shackleton (crater)
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Shackleton is an impact crater that lies at the lunar south pole. The peaks along the crater's rim are exposed to almost continual sunlight, while the interior is perpetually in shadow. The low-temper
South lunar pole as imaged by the Diviner instrument on the NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. Shackleton is at bottom center.
Shackleton as imaged by LRO
Full Moon 2010
Lunar Base 1
Ernest Shackleton
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Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton was an Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer who led three British expeditions to the Antarctic. He was one of the principal figures of the period known as the Heroic Age of Antar
Shackleton (crater)
…higher than normal amounts of hydrogen within the crater, which may indicate the presence of water ice. The crater is named after Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton. The Moon's south pole passes through Shackleton's crater rim. The crater is conical in shape, measuring 21 km (13 miles) in diameter and 4.2 km (2.6…
Shackleton in 1904
Blue plaque marking Shackleton's home at 12 Westwood Hill, Sydenham, London Borough of Lewisham
Shackleton in 1901, aged 27
Discovery in Antarctic water