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The end of Shackletons voyage from Elephant Island to South Georgia
15th
May
2016
Pictures of Cave Cove and King Haakon Sound from www.wanderingalbatross.org (2008) They knew that in all probability they would die, swept beyond South Georgia into an empty antarctic ocean...
South Georgia - so close yet impossible to reach
8th
May
2016
The second week began in an ice storm that threatened to encase the tiny James Caird in top heavy ice, then capsize it. Earnest Shackleton, Frank Worsley and the four crew take turns to crawl onto...
The epic first week of one of the greatest boat journeys ever made
1st
May
2016
100 years ago on the 24th April 1916 Earnest Shackleton, Frank Worsley and four others set off to sail 1500 kilometres in the worst seas in the world, in winter, to try and save the remaining...
We all have heroes. This is about one of ours.
24th
Apr
2016
One of the greatest boat journeys ever made started 100 years ago today. Over the next sixteen days 6 men already weakened by five months surviving on drifting ice flows, sailed a tiny boat 1500...
