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- It was meant to make the first land crossing of Antarctica, but Endurance became trapped and then lost in that cruel sea-ice. The voyage became widely known for the amazing escape the explorer subsequently made with his men on foot and in boats.
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Oct 21, 2020 · The discovery of Ernest Shackleton's ship at the bottom of Antarctica's Weddell Sea recalls a grueling expedition when men endured entrapment, hunger, frigid weather, angry seas—and near...
Apr 8, 2024 · Ernest Shackleton, Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer who attempted to reach the South Pole. Best known for his 1914–16 expedition, in which his ship, Endurance, was crushed by pack ice, Shackleton and his crew endured months of hardship, including a harrowing voyage to South Georgia Island, before being rescued.
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Mar 13, 2022 · Submersible video shot by Endurance22, a mission launched by the Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust to track down the vessel, shows painted timbers, an undamaged guardrail and the name “Endurance”...
In the event, the main expedition never set foot on continental Antarctica. The expedition managed to survive the loss of their ship in the middle of the Antarctic pack ice at a time when there was no chance of contacting the outside world, let alone of being rescued. It is a classic tale of leadership and heroism
- Ernest Shackleton’s First South Pole Expeditions. Ernest Shackleton was born in Kilkea, Ireland in 1874. When his family relocated to London, a 16-year-old Shackleton joined the merchant navy, dashing his father’s hopes that he would follow in his footsteps as a doctor.
- The Endurance: Through The Ice. On Saturday, Aug. 1, 1914, Germany declared war on Russia, and in a little over four weeks time, the first battle of World War I would commence.
- Nine Months Trapped In The Ice. The crew of the Endurance didn’t know it, but they were mere days away from disaster. On January 18, the ship sailed into dense pack ice.
- Abandoning The Endurance. As the months passed, the ice slowly crushed the ship. On October 27, almost a year to the day since they’d departed Buenos Aires, the men were forced to abandon the Endurance.
Mar 9, 2022 · History. By Hamish MacPherson. Share. The Endurance, which sank in 1915, has been found at the bottom of the sea more than 100 years later. What's the story?
Jan 1, 2021 · Elephant Island December 13, 2020. When British explorer Ernest Shackleton and the crew of HMS Endurance lost their ship to crushing pack ice in the Weddell Sea in 1915, their chances of survival seemed dim. The 28 men spent months drifting on ice floes and traversing the Southern Ocean in small lifeboats until they finally spotted land.
