Category Archives: Images

Clark Clark Clark

Posted on October 17, 2011 by Ernest Shackleton

Adelies on Paulet Island by Allan Hansen, 2009 The quaint little penguins found the ship a cause of much apparent excitement and provided a lot of amusement aboard. One of the standing jokes was that all the adelies on the … Continue reading →

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Ramming, a How-To Guide

Posted on October 11, 2011 by Ernest Shackleton

When the way was barred by a floe of moderate thickness we would drive the ship at half speed against it, stopping the engines just before the impact. At the first blow the Endurance would cut a V-shaped nick in … Continue reading →

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Hurley in the rigging

Posted on October 7, 2011 by Ernest Shackleton

Hurley in the rigging, Shackleton on deck.

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Notoriously Inhospitable

Posted on September 27, 2011 by Ernest Shackleton

But the Weddell Sea was notoriously inhospitable, and already we knew that its sternest face was turned towards us. All the conditions in the Weddell Sea are unfavorable from the navigator’s point of view. The winds are comparatively light, and … Continue reading →

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More Weight

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Ernest Shackleton

“…seems to me more glorious than if she had gone to meet the usual fate of vessels to slowly rot in some port, or to be used for something far off from her designation and purposes as an icy seas … Continue reading →

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A General Map

Posted on September 23, 2011 by Ernest Shackleton

Showing an overview of the Southern Continent, and positions of the Ross and Weddell Seas (and giving the usual priority to the former).

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First Sighting

Posted on September 21, 2011 by Ernest Shackleton

“We met the pack on our second day out. This was very disturbing for our leader, for although he had been warned by the whalers of bad ice conditions he had expected a little better than this.” — Perce Blackboro

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On Deck

Posted on September 19, 2011 by Ernest Shackleton

Away at last!

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Grytviken

Posted on July 16, 2011 by Ernest Shackleton

We have arrived. At the edge of the world. Grytviken, South Georgia Island. The Endurance is visible in the middle of the harbor. *** All photos by Frank Hurley unless otherwise specified.

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Stowaway

Posted on July 8, 2011 by Ernest Shackleton

Perce Blackboro (age 18) with Mrs. Chippy, ship’s cat, on board the Endurance; photo by Frank Hurley, 1914

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