Instituto de Pesca No. 1 & Emma, Rescue Attempts.

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…

The James Caird Reaches South Georgia.

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 Endurance Trapped

The Endurance Trapped Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition On the 5th of December 1914 the Endurance slipped from the rugged shores of South Georgia, its destination Antarctica, and the goal, a trans-continental march, via the South Pole, from the Weddell Sea to the Ross Sea. Before departure Shackleton had been warned by the Norwegians that manned the…