Shackleton was a famous south polar explorer who led three successful expeditions to Antarctica. On his fourth expedition, he died of a heart attack in his cabin while the ship was at anchor. This was in 1922. The ship itself stayed in service for various purposes until in 1962, it sank off the coast of Canada (the crew all survived). Now the wreck has been found, which is cool. But for those of us who only half remembered the Shackleton story, no it wasn't like Shackleton himself was aboard the ship when it sank. Shackleton had already been deceased for 40 years at that time.