.. MySpace CodesErnest Shackleton was the leader of an expedition to cross Antarctica that was stopped abruptly by his ship, the Endurance, being frozen in a block of sea ice and later crushed. Shacklton led his crew on an treacherous trek to Elephant Island (off the Antarctic Peninsula) to find safe shelter. After a year and a half lacking on food in this Sub-Arctic region, Shackleton took five others and began an epic journey to South Georgia (an old whaling island). Before leaving he promised his men that he would return with help and that no one would die. After landing on the opposite side of South Georgia Island, Ernest and his men had to cross the glacier covered mountainious Island with little food and much growing weakness. Shackleton made it after over two years and the 22 men who remained on Elephant Island were rescued with zero casualties. Sir Ernest Shackleton is a man of true heroism and distant integrity from which I would aspire to live my life.