Ernest Shackleton still saving lives — one ‘endurance’ at a time

David Dolan strides through the Bowers Museum with the Honorable Alexandra Shackleton, and all eyes are on the granddaughter of the legendary Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton.
After all, this woman visiting from England is a direct descendant of a man who embodied core values that many of us strive for: hope, faith, endurance. Her grandfather even famously named his polar ship “Endurance.”
Yet what few realize is that for Dolan, just being alive has everything to do with enduranc