Shackleton team descendents reach South Pole
Sunday January 18 2009
Three descendants of Sir Ernest Shackleton and his expedition team have reached the south pole.
They completed their mission a century after the explorer, originally from Co. Kildare, was forced to turn back, just 97 miles from his goal.
Henry Worsley, Will Gow, and Henry Adams, set off on November 13 and hauled 300 pound sledges for up to 10 hours a day in temperatures that dropped as low as -52C.
They arrived at the Pole this morning, after a 900-mile journey across the ice on foot.
