Shackleton brings on a case of cabin fever in Corkman

The first Irishman to set foot in explorer Ernest Shackleton’s cabin saw a dream come true of watching it arrive in Ireland to become a permanent exhibition.

Eugene Furlong, from Douglas, Cork had a fascination with explorers ever since he was seven and got a Ladybird book on Scott of the Antarctic.

In 2008, he was visiting the north of Norway and discovered Shackleton’s cabin, originally part of his ship Quest, was located nearby.