5th of January
Historical Antarctic Pictures and Events

Ernest Shackleton, Shackleton-Rowett Expedition on the ship Quest, 1921 - 1922.

1922 - Ernest Shackleton suffers a fatal heart attack on board the Quest at South Georgia.

Wild's diary:

    "3 am, I sat up saying 'Go on with it, let me have it, straight out!'
    he replied 'The Boss is dead!' It was a staggering blow."

So ended the Heroic Age of Antarctic exploration