Category Archives: Shackleton

We will make an attempt to move

Posted on October 30, 2015 by Ernest Shackleton

“We could even, if progress proved too difficult and too injurious to the boats, which we must guard as our ultimate means of salvation, camp on the nearest heavy floe, scour the neighbouring pack for penguins and seals, and await … Continue reading →

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Due west, but…

Posted on October 29, 2015 by Ernest Shackleton

“We are now 346 miles from Paulet Island, the nearest point where there is any possibility of finding food and shelter. A small hut built there by the Swedish expedition in 1902 is filled with stores left by the Argentine … Continue reading →

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Two pole-tents and three hoop-tents

Posted on October 29, 2015 by Ernest Shackleton

“We had two pole-tents and three hoop-tents. I took charge of the small pole-tent, No. 1, with Hudson, Hurley, and James as companions; Wild had the small hoop-tent, No. 2, with Wordie, McNeish, and McIlroy. These hoop-tents are very easily … Continue reading →

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Crushed beyond all hope

Posted on October 28, 2015 by Ernest Shackleton

“The end of the Endurance has come. But though we have been compelled to abandon the ship, which is crushed beyond all hope of ever being righted, we are alive and well, and we have stores and equipment for the … Continue reading →

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Endurance in her death-throes

Posted on October 28, 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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A fuller examination of the wreck

Posted on October 28, 2015 by Ernest Shackleton

“I then went over to the Endurance again and made a fuller examination of the wreck. Only six of the cabins had not been pierced by floes and blocks of ice. Every one of the starboard cabins had been crushed. … Continue reading →

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The tea would be the same for all hands

Posted on October 28, 2015 by Ernest Shackleton

“The cook got the blubber-stove going, and a little later, when I was sitting round the corner of the stove, I heard one man say, ‘Cook, I like my tea strong.’ Another joined in, ‘Cook, I like mine weak.’ It … Continue reading →

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Boots cleaned

Posted on October 28, 2015 by Ernest Shackleton

“We secured two tins of petrol with some difficulty, and postponed the further examination of the ship until after breakfast. Jumping across cracks with the tins, we soon reached camp, and built a fireplace out of the triangular water-tight tanks … Continue reading →

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The Map

Posted on October 28, 2015 by Ernest Shackleton

“The distance from the point where she became beset to the place where she now rests mortally hurt in the grip of the floes is 573 miles, but the total drift through all observed positions has been 1186 miles, and … Continue reading →

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It is hard to write what I feel

Posted on October 27, 2015 by Ernest Shackleton

“The end came at last about 5pm. The pressure started again irresistibly. She was doomed: no ship built by human hands could have withstood the strain. I ordered all hands out on the floe. “It is hard to write what … Continue reading →

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