40K views · 464 reactions | "On his first expedition, Shackleton had no polar experience at all. He wanted adventure, fame, glory, respect..." Dan Snow visits the RRS Discovery in Dundee, the ship which first carried Ernest Shackleton to the Antarctic in 1901, under the command of Captain Robert Falcon Scott. It is the only surviving purpose-built research vessel from the Golden Age of polar exploration. | History Hit | Facebook