Joanna Kavenna

Flawed, unproductive and heroic: the real Ernest Shackleton

A review of Shackleton, by Michael Smith. It’s a classic story and Smith tells it with passion and commitment – especially when he tames his clauses

Shackleton’s ship the Nimrod in the ice at McMurdo Sound. [Bridgeman Images]

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