Sir Ernest Shackleton had to return home from the South Pole in 1901 due to a bout of ‘beriberi’
Antarctic explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton had to return home after voyaging close to the South Pole in 1901 due to a bout of ‘beriberi’ and not scurvy, a new study claims. Researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) looked at the health of other explorers on the famed expedition, and those on earlier and similar expeditions, … Read more