Ours: Jacinda Ardern and Ernest Shackleton's sledRNZ It turns out our prime minister has a little-known obsession with Irish-born explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton. Yet when Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern gets up close and personal with one of the hand-made sleds from Sir Ernest Shackleton's 1907 Antarctic expedition she can hardly contain the excited child inside. REBEKAH PARSONS-KING/RNZ Prime Minister Jacinda passion for Ernest Shackleton stems from her father and the book, Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing. "I think sometimes we can become so fixated on the destination we forget about how we get there," muses Ardern. Ours: Treasures from Te Papa is made by RNZ, Te Papa and Bird of Paradise Productions.

Source: Stuff February 20, 2018 22:41 UTC