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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...
Mar 13, 2022 · The discovery, after 107 years, of Ernest Shackleton’s sunken ice breaker Endurance in the deep, icy waters of Antarctica is only the latest chapter in a gripping tale of heroism and survival ...
May 21, 1999 · You're listening to walking out of History the true story of Sir Ernest shackleton's endurance Expedition. It's 1915 and 28 men are stranded on the ice of Antarctica their boats crushed and they have no hope of rescue.
In late 1908, Shackleton led a party of four in an attempt to be the first to reach the Geographic South Pole. After man-hauling for two-and-a-half months, and 97 nautical miles from the Pole, Shackleton famously made the decision to turn for home.
3 days ago · 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 ...
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Jan 11, 2015 · His greatest adventure, which began in December 1914, saw Shackleton’s expedition ship Endurance crushed by the ice and the 28-man party cling to life on an ice floe for 16 months.
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May 21, 2012 · Shackleton was a leader of an era of polar exploration, but his misadventure began in 1915, when his ship sank just 15 months into the Antarctic journey, stranding him and 28 men. Their...
