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Oct 21, 2020 · The port side of the Endurance, pictured October 19, 1915, shortly before the ship was crushed by pack ice and sank. Endurance captain Frank Worsley and expedition leader Ernest Shackleton watch ...
November 21st 1915. 6 Launch boats for Elephant Island. 20 months, 1 day. April 9th 1916 - arrive Elephant Island April 15th. 7 Boat journey to South Georgia. 2 week journey - 21 months 2 days on arrival at S.G. April 24th - May 10th 1916. 8 Shackleton, Worsley, and Crean reach Stromness whaling station.
- 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.
The long, long night the Endurance in the Antarctic winter darkness, trapped in the Weddell Sea, 27th August 1915 During the night take flashlight of ship beset by pressure. This necessitated some 20 flashes, one behind each salient pressure hummock, no less than 10 flashes being required to satisfactorily illuminate the ship herself.
Jan 1, 2021 · The team set up camp, naming the site Point Wild. Ernest Shackleton and HMS Endurance crew April 24, 1916. Shackleton realized their chances of getting rescued from Elephant Island by passing ships were low, so he and five crewmates took a lifeboat to look for help, leaving Wild in charge. The image above shows the crew waving goodbye on April ...
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May 21, 2012 · K. Annabelle Smith. May 21, 2012. The original lifeboat, the James Caird, built in 1914, had an open top, exposing its inhabitants to the elements. Frank Hurley. Legend has it that Antarctic ...
Mar 30, 2022 · The recent discovery of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s ship Endurance has thrust his epic tale of Antarctic survival into the limelight once again. The story still resonates with readers more than a ...
