Sir Ernest Shackleton

100 Years Ago – Sir Ernest Shackleton in Hawai‘i

100 Years Ago – Sir Ernest Shackleton in Hawai‘i

At 0745 (7:45 am) on the morning of 3 April 1917, the Oceanic Steamship Company’s ship SS Sierra*, under the...

100 Years Ago – RMS Makura’s Special Passengers

100 Years Ago – RMS Makura’s Special Passengers

In the days when ships were the sole means of transportation to and from the Hawaiian Islands, local newspapers devoted quite...