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As far as the eye could reach
“The pack extended in all directions as far as the eye could reach.” — Ernest Shackleton
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Amphipods
“Wild shot a young Ross seal on the floe, and we manoeuvred the ship alongside. Hudson jumped down, bent a line on to the seal, and the pair of them were hauled up. The seal was 4 ft. 9 in. … Continue reading
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Diatoms
“Large numbers of bergs, mostly tabular in form, lay to the west of the islands, and we noticed that many of them were yellow with diatoms.” — Ernest Shackleton, South
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Entering the pack
Endurance entered the pack in earnest at latitude 59˚ 46″ S, longitude 18˚ 22″ W; 11 December 1914.
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The Gipsy Trail
“The white moth to the closing bine, The bee to the opened clover, And the gipsy blood to the gipsy blood Ever the wide world over. Ever the wide world over, lass, Ever the trail held true, Over the world … Continue reading
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A General Map
Showing an overview of the Southern Continent, and positions of the Ross and Weddell Seas.
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Sir Daniel Gooch
“Sir Daniel was the grandson of the other more illustrious Sir Daniel Gooch (1816-1889), the great railway engineer of some considerable genius who designed over 60 different classes of steam locomotives, and was responsible for laying the first ever Trans-Atlantic … Continue reading
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Rasmussen highly excited
“We steamed from Cumberland Bay on 5 December 1914, after bidding adieu to our good friends, and Rasmussen highly excited by drowning his sorrows, accompanied us some distance in his motor launch. Aheading, circling, and sterning it, in a most … Continue reading
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What thoughts are ours…
“What thoughts are ours, setting out thus at such a time, with no chance of news from dear ones at home who are passing through the greatest national crisis of modern times. What may we expect to learn in our … Continue reading
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