Shackleton's Cabin
Given the unique privilege to preserve a relic belonging to his hero Ernest Shackleton, conservation expert Sven Habermann uncovers the history of the renowned Antarctic explorer.
On 5 January 1922, world-famous Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton died of a heart attack in his cabin aboard The Quest during his final expedition to the South Pole. Moored in Norway, The Quest was broken apart. However, one of the dockers had the foresight to remove Shackleton鈥檚 cabin. He took it home and it served as his family鈥檚 garden shed for three generations.
Nearly 100 years after Shackleton鈥檚 death, the cabin has been donated to a museum in the explorer鈥檚 hometown, where master craftsman and Shackleton enthusiast Sven Habermann painstakingly restores it to its former glory. With only one surviving photograph of the cabin鈥檚 interior, Sven goes to extreme lengths to retrace every detail, from the wood to the original wallpaper used. Shackleton鈥檚 Cabin follows Sven as he rebuilds the cabin and explores the life and final days of his hero.
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