Category Archives: Shackleton

Death was instantaneous

Posted on January 14, 2016 by Ernest Shackleton

“Owing to this shortage of food and the fact that we needed all that we could get for ourselves, I had to order all the dogs except two teams to be shot. It was the worst job that we had … Continue reading →

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Diary: 9 Jan 1909

Posted on January 9, 2016 by Ernest Shackleton

“9 January 1909 The last day out we have shot our bolt and the tale is 88.23 S 162 E. The wind eased down at 1 am. At 2 am we were up and had breakfast and shortly after 4 … Continue reading →

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Furthest Point South – audio

Posted on January 9, 2016 by Ernest Shackleton

Ernest Shackleton speaking into an Edison Phonograph in 1910 about the results of his Nimrod Expedition to the South Pole, 1907-09, and his Furthest Point South. Public domain file, sourced from archive.org.

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New Year’s Eve, 1915

Posted on December 31, 2015 by Ernest Shackleton

“The last day of 1915… tomorrow 1916 begins: I wonder what it will bring forth for us. This time last year we prophesied that just now we would be well across the Continent.” — Alexander Macklin “New Year’s Eve, the … Continue reading →

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Monotony foiled

Posted on December 19, 2015 by Ernest Shackleton

“Monotony in the meals, even considering the circumstances in which we found ourselves, was what I was striving to avoid, so our little stock of luxuries, such as fish paste, tinned herrings, etc., was carefully husbanded and so distributed as … Continue reading →

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Diary entries

Posted on December 9, 2015 by Ernest Shackleton

“Everyone is keeping a diary now. There was so little incident from day to day in the ship that very few of us thought it worthwhile.” — Thomas Orde-Lees [images from SPRI]

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“She’s going, boys.”

Posted on November 21, 2015 by Ernest Shackleton

Break-up of the Endurance: Frank Hurley’s 1915 footage, plus new animation. Directed by Sarah Galloway for @AMNH “Hurley meanwhile had rigged his kinematograph-camera and was getting pictures of the Endurance in her death-throes. While he was engaged thus, the ice, … Continue reading →

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The Encyclopedia Britannica

Posted on November 19, 2015 by Ernest Shackleton

“For descriptions of every American town that ever has been, is, or ever will be, and for full and complete biographies of every statesman since the time of George Washington and long before, the Encyclopedia would be hard to beat. … Continue reading →

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The surface is awful!

Posted on November 14, 2015 by Ernest Shackleton

“The temperature still continued to rise, reaching 33° Fahr. on November 14. The thaw consequent upon these high temperatures was having a disastrous effect upon the surface of our camp. ‘The surface is awful!—not slushy, but elusive. You step out … Continue reading →

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The usefulness of skis

Posted on November 14, 2015 by Ernest Shackleton

“I had been back and forth four times, when Shackleton said to me… ‘Do you know, I had no idea how quickly it was possible for a man on ski to get about. In that respect you’d have been quite … Continue reading →

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