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BadNick · 06-25-2009, 10:04 AM

While reading stuff about Shackleton, I found this interesting map and time line of his "Endurance Voyage" where he ended up in Stomness whaling station

I also find it hard to believe that they managed to get photos of a lot of this stuff

As time wore on it became more and more evident that the ship was doomed. Endurance among ice pinnacles, February 1915

The long, long night the Endurance in the Antarctic winter darkness, trapped in the Weddell Sea, 27th August 1915

Endurance crushed to death by the icepacks of the Weddell Sea, the sinking ship, watched by the dogs, 1st November 1915.

Frank Wild (probably) by the wreckage of the Endurance before she slipped beneath the ice.

That the men kept going during this time was a tribute to Shackleton's leadership skills and his abilities and understanding of the importance of keeping up morale. The whole group were kept together in the monotonous and strenuous task of pulling laden lifeboats across broken up and ridged ice floes. It was now 14 months since the Endurance had become frozen into the ice and nearly 5 months since she had sank marooning them in a featureless icy wilderness. On April 12th Shackleton found that instead of making good progress westwards, they had actually traveled 30 miles to the east as a result of the drifting ice. They did however spot Elephant Island, part of the South Shetlands group and headed that way in seas that were by now largely open for navigation. They made landfall on Elephant Island being ecstatic to do so. It had been 497 days since they had last set foot on land.

Shackleton realised that in order to effect a rescue, he was going to have to travel to the nearest inhabited place which was the whaling station back on South Georgia, some 800 miles distant and across the most stormy stretch of ocean in the world. They expected to encounter waves that were 50 feet from tip to trough "Cape Horn Rollers" in a 22 foot long boat. Their navigation was by a sextant and a chronometer of unknown accuracy, they were dependent on sightings of the sun that could sometimes not be seen for weeks in the overcast weather so characteristic of these latitudes.

06-25-2009, 10:04 AM	#6694 (permalink)
BadNick Riding the Ocean Spray Location: S.E. PA in U Sofa	While reading stuff about Shackleton, I found this interesting map and time line of his "Endurance Voyage" where he ended up in Stomness whaling station I also find it hard to believe that they managed to get photos of a lot of this stuff As time wore on it became more and more evident that the ship was doomed. Endurance among ice pinnacles, February 1915 The long, long night the Endurance in the Antarctic winter darkness, trapped in the Weddell Sea, 27th August 1915 Endurance crushed to death by the icepacks of the Weddell Sea, the sinking ship, watched by the dogs, 1st November 1915. Frank Wild (probably) by the wreckage of the Endurance before she slipped beneath the ice. That the men kept going during this time was a tribute to Shackleton's leadership skills and his abilities and understanding of the importance of keeping up morale. The whole group were kept together in the monotonous and strenuous task of pulling laden lifeboats across broken up and ridged ice floes. It was now 14 months since the Endurance had become frozen into the ice and nearly 5 months since she had sank marooning them in a featureless icy wilderness. On April 12th Shackleton found that instead of making good progress westwards, they had actually traveled 30 miles to the east as a result of the drifting ice. They did however spot Elephant Island, part of the South Shetlands group and headed that way in seas that were by now largely open for navigation. They made landfall on Elephant Island being ecstatic to do so. It had been 497 days since they had last set foot on land. Shackleton realised that in order to effect a rescue, he was going to have to travel to the nearest inhabited place which was the whaling station back on South Georgia, some 800 miles distant and across the most stormy stretch of ocean in the world. They expected to encounter waves that were 50 feet from tip to trough "Cape Horn Rollers" in a 22 foot long boat. Their navigation was by a sextant and a chronometer of unknown accuracy, they were dependent on sightings of the sun that could sometimes not be seen for weeks in the overcast weather so characteristic of these latitudes. Last edited by BadNick; 06-25-2009 at 10:16 AM..