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May 14, 2024 · Alexander, the author of books on Shackleton’s Endurance expedition and the fateful voyage of the Bounty, begins with the Allied loss of Burma to the Japanese in April 1942, which sealed off...
- Elizabeth D. Samet
May 30, 2024 · In this extraordinary adventure memoir and tie-in to the PBS documentary, Tim Jarvis, one of the world's leading explorers, describes his modern-day journey to retrace, for the first time ever—and in period clothing and gear—the legendary 1914 expedition of Sir Ernest Shackleton.
May 23, 2024 · Since the discovery of the wreck of Ernest Shackleton’s ship Endurance on the bed of the Antarctic ocean, the world has been enthralled anew by one of the greatest stories of all time. Acclaimed South African writer Darrel Bristow-Bovey, himself a Shackleton aficionado, revisits this dramatic event, which managed to sweep the tide of anger ...
May 26, 2024 · The Endurance Expedition: A Testament to Human Resilience. Shackleton‘s most famous expedition, the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, began in 1914. The plan was to cross the Antarctic continent via the South Pole, but fate had other plans.
May 25, 2024 · In August 1914 the British Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914–16) left England under Shackleton’s leadership. He planned to cross Antarctica from a base on the Weddell Sea to McMurdo Sound, via the South Pole, but the expedition ship Endurance was trapped in ice off the Caird coast and drifted for 10 months before being crushed in ...
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
May 15, 2024 · The leader of this remarkable expedition was Ernest Shackleton, and the vessel, aptly named the Endurance, was to carry them on their daring expedition. Shackleton’s expedition to the Antarctic. The Endurance after ice pressure was released.
6 days ago · Led by Sir Ernest Shackelton, the polar expedition had set sail on August 1914 for Antarctica on the Endurance. It became trapped in ice and finally sank on Nov. 21, 1915. You will be filled with admiration for Ernest Shackleton, I promise that you will! Here's the thing: you will like ALL these men on this trip, you will!
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