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Elephant Island: Survival Story of Ernest Shackleton and the Crew of HMS Endurance
When British explorer Ernest Shackleton and his crew of HMS Endurance lost their ship to crushing pack ice in the Weddell Sea in 1915, their probability of survival was low. The 28 men spent months drifting on ice floes and traversing the Southern Ocean in small lifeboats until they finally spotted land. The hunk of rock and ice was not the welcoming refuge they hoped for, but it was enough. Elephant Island with its few penguins is located about 150 miles northeast of the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula. The team set up camp, naming the site Point Wild on April 1916. Shackleton and five mates took a lifeboat to look for help, leaving one member Wild in charge. The remaining crew built makeshift huts by resting their two remaining lifeboats upside down on rocks. To combat the perpetual darkness, they made lamps out of sardine tins, used surgical bandages for wicks, and burned seal blubber oil. Four and a half months later, Shackleton and crew returned with a ship and rescued all 22 men. At Point Wild, a monument of several plaques and a bust of Wild was erected to honor the crew and their experience on the island. From: scitechdaily.com/elephant-island-where-ernest-shackleton-...
Antartica+: Elephant Isle & Shackleton zooming in
Elephant Island: Survival Story of Ernest Shackleton and the Crew of HMS Endurance
When British explorer Ernest Shackleton and his crew of HMS Endurance lost their ship to crushing pack ice in the Weddell Sea in 1915, their probability of survival was low. The 28 men spent months drifting on ice floes and traversing the Southern Ocean in small lifeboats until they finally spotted land. The hunk of rock and ice was not the welcoming refuge they hoped for, but it was enough. Elephant Island with its few penguins is located about 150 miles northeast of the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula. The team set up camp, naming the site Point Wild on April 1916. Shackleton and five mates took a lifeboat to look for help, leaving one member Wild in charge. The remaining crew built makeshift huts by resting their two remaining lifeboats upside down on rocks. To combat the perpetual darkness, they made lamps out of sardine tins, used surgical bandages for wicks, and burned seal blubber oil. Four and a half months later, Shackleton and crew returned with a ship and rescued all 22 men. At Point Wild, a monument of several plaques and a bust of Wild was erected to honor the crew and their experience on the island. From: scitechdaily.com/elephant-island-where-ernest-shackleton-...