The Southern Sky Rescue Attempt

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…

Rescuing McCarthy, Vincent & McNish

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

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…

Shackleton’s Lifeboats Make Landfall On Elephant Island

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…