Imperial Trans Antarctic Expedition
The Long Happy Ending Shackleton, Crean and Worsley would make many attempts to return for the men on Elephant Island, each time being thwarted by the ice. Firstly they were aboard the Southern Sky, which they sailed from South Georgia, then on June 16th they tried to get through the ice aboard the Instituto de…
Shackleton’s Third Rescue Attempt The Endurance Expedition – Elephant Island Emma On July 12th 1916, Ernest Shackleton launched his third effort to reach the 22 men left stranded on Elephant Island, since the beginning of the rescue mission, which began on April 24th, with the voyage of the James Caird. Shackleton, Crean and Worsley had…
A Failed Rescue Aboard The Southern Sky. The Endurance Expedition. “The sea was freezing around us and the ice gradually grew thicker, reducing our speed to about five knots.” Ernest Shackleton, South. Ernest Shackleton, Tom Crean and Frank Worsley had arrived at the whaling station in Stromness, South Georgia on the 20th May 1916, via…
The Rescue of McCarthy, Vincent & McNish. The Endurance Expedition – South Georgia. Having only arrived in Stromness earlier that afternoon, after the perilous crossing of South Georgia’s jagged, ice covered interior, Frank Worsley agreed to accompany the relief mission to pick up the three men stranded on the other side of the island. The…
Arrival At Stromness The Endurance Expedition “Pain and ache, boat journeys, marches, hunger and fatigue seemed to belong to the limbo of forgotten things, and there remained only the perfect contentment that comes of work accomplished.” Ernest Shackleton In the early afternoon of May 20th 1916, three eerie creatures emerged from the rugged interior of…
Into The Unknown – Crossing South Georgia The Endurance Expedition The almost impossible had been achieved and for Shackleton, Crean, Worsley, McCarthy, Vincent and McNish the 16 day crossing of the Weddell Sea, in the James Caird, concluded as it had eventuated – in another desperate struggle! But try as they might, the shattered men…
The James Caird Reaches South Georgia The Endurance Expedition “We fought the seas and the winds and at the same time had a daily struggle to keep ourselves alive. At times we were in dire peril.” Sir Ernest Shackleton – South On May 10th 1916 Shackleton, Worsley, Crean, McCarthy, Vincent and McNish reached South Georgia…
The Voyage Of The James Caird Begins. The Endurance Expedition. April 24th 1916. “The 20-ft. boat had never looked big; she appeared to have shrunk in some mysterious way when I viewed her in the light of our new undertaking.” Ernest Shackleton on viewing the James Caird prior to the voyage. The 28 men of…
The Voyage To Cape Wild The Endurance Expedition “Wild was to proceed westwards along the coast and was to take with him four of the fittest men, Marston, Crean, Vincent, and McCarthy.” * Having finally reached Elephant Island, with the abject crew of the Endurance, after a deplorable seven day journey in three lifeboats, Ernest…
Shackleton’s Lifeboats Make Landfall On Elephant Island The Endurance Expedition On April 9th 1916, the ice floe that Shackleton and the crew of the Endurance, had established Patience Camp upon, had begun to break up beneath their feet, and forced them into a rather hasty evacuation. The men had previously managed to salvage three lifeboats…