The legendary survival story of Earnest Shackleton and his crew.
The Endurance, icebound.
You’d be hard pressed to find someone who hasn’t heard of Earnest Shackleton, the intrepid Anglo-Irish explorer of the early 1900s, and his voyage to Antarctica. It is, perhaps, the greatest survival story of all time.
Scroll down the page and look at some of the incredible pictures taken by the expedition’s photographer, Frank Hurley.
Crew passng the time.
Shortest day of the year celebration.
Ice games.
Shackleton, on the right.
Dogs pulling a sled.
Pulling a boat across the ice floe.
The end of The Endurance.
Frank Hurley.
Rather than rewrite an already much written-about man, I’ve linked to the great History story about Shackleton and the recently discovered wreck of his ship, The Endurance.
Enjoy!