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I had to admit that further effort was useless

Posted on February 14, 2015 by Ernest Shackleton

“Early in the morning of the 14th I ordered a good head of steam on the engines and sent all hands on to the floe with ice-chisels, prickers, saws, and picks. We worked all day and throughout most of the … Continue reading →

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Killer Whales

Posted on February 10, 2015 by Ernest Shackleton

Antarctic Type B Killer Whale, photo from NOAA “Had splendid view of two killer whales which broke through the young ice astern of us, poking their alligator-like heads through, and blowing arduously. They seem to be regarding the ship with … Continue reading →

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Snow-covered deck

Posted on February 7, 2015 by Ernest Shackleton

“The deck has now been more or less covered with snow for the last few days. We try to scrape it off but it freezes on so hard that it is impossible to get it all off. The scene looks … Continue reading →

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Snaps his snap

Posted on February 2, 2015 by Ernest Shackleton

Hurley in the rigging, Shackleton on deck, Worsley in the crow’s nest.

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He perambulates alone aloft

Posted on February 2, 2015 by Ernest Shackleton

“Hurley was a marvel — with cheerful Australian profanity he perambulates alone aloft & everywhere, in the most dangerous & slippery places he can find, content & happy at all times but cursing so if he can a good or … Continue reading →

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Motor-crawler

Posted on January 30, 2015 by Ernest Shackleton

“Sir Ernest likes to keep all hands employed as far as possible, so today he decided to unpack my motor-crawler—sledge tractor—which has been in a huge packing case all this time on the fore-deck. It was like meeting an old … Continue reading →

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Hummocks

Posted on January 23, 2015 by Ernest Shackleton

“Midnight. This evening we have been favored with sunlight. “I climbed up into the barrel lookout from where a magnificent panorama was to be observed. From horizon to horizon, and stretching north, south, east, and west, the pack ice extends, … Continue reading →

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The Endurance

Posted on January 23, 2015 by Ernest Shackleton

“Frank Hurley considered his color photos ‘amongst the most valuable records of the expedition.’ He was an early user of a method of color photography called the Paget process, which was introduced commercially little more than a year before the … Continue reading →

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“Morrell’s Land”

Posted on January 21, 2015 by Ernest Shackleton

“New South Greenland, sometimes known as Morrell’s Land, was an appearance of land recorded by the American captain Benjamin Morrell of the schooner Wasp in March 1823, during a sealing and exploration voyage in the Weddell Sea area of Antarctica. … Continue reading →

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His Natural Life

Posted on January 17, 2015 by Ernest Shackleton

Copy of (For the Term of) His Natural Life, by Marcus Clarke, publ. 1874* “[This] novel is considered one of the first examples of Tasmanian Gothic literature. [Read on gutenberg.org.] “The original tragic ending was considered unsuitable for readers in … Continue reading →

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