![]() ![]() It would be the first such journey it was hoped it would be completed in about five months. The Endurance would take the Transcontinental party to the Weddell Sea the Transcontinental party would cross the Antarctic continent, about 1,800 miles (2,900 km), from the Weddell Sea to the Ross Sea via the South Pole. The preface includes the programme published before the expedition. the tale of the White Warfare of the South." still will be of interest to readers who now turn gladly from the red horror of war. I think that though failure in the actual accomplishment must be recorded, there are chapters in this book of high adventure, strenuous days, lonely nights, unique experiences, and above all, records of unflinching determination, supreme loyalty and generous self-sacrifice on the part of my men which. The book is dedicated to "my comrades who fell in the White Warfare of the South and on the red fields of France and Flanders". Lucas-Tooth's heirs required repayment of the loan other benefactors had written off their loans. Shackleton was unable to repay money borrowed for the expedition. The rights of the book were assigned to the heirs of Sir Robert Lucas-Tooth, a benefactor of the expedition, who died in 1915. Leonard Hussey, a member of the expedition, was with Shackleton during the north Russian campaign, and did the final editing without payment. I could say that Shackleton had a remarkable gift of literary suggestion." Saunders later wrote, "If I said that any chapter was entirely mine, I should be telling an untruth. Saunders was again involved in South, Shackleton working with Saunders in New Zealand and Australia early in 1917. Saunders was recommended to Shackleton by the Prime Minister of New Zealand, Sir Joseph Ward he accompanied Shackleton to Britain to work on The Heart of the Antarctic, which appeared in November 1909. The book of Shackleton's earlier Nimrod Expedition of 1907–1909 was written, based on Shackleton's dictation, by Edward Saunders, a reporter on the Lyttelton Times in Christchurch, New Zealand. It was published in London by William Heinemann in 1919. That’s not the end of a true story.South is a book by Ernest Shackleton describing the second expedition to Antarctica led by him, the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914 to 1917. That seemed to be the only hope of rescue for the crew. Shackleton chose five men to accompany him in a 22-foot open boat on an 800-mile quest to reach South Georgia and the whalers there. A more barren piece of land cannot be imagined. On March 30, the boats set out, and after a perilous journey, landed on Elephant Island. It was hoped that they would provide a means to solid land. ![]() By now penguins were their diet stable, although the dogs had to be sacrificed as well. In late October 1915, pressure built up so much in the pack that the ship was crushed. The pack was drifting north toward Elephant Island, the closest landform. Life for the explorers was quite tolerable, though crowded, as locations below decks guaranteed adequate warmth. Caring for them was a major distraction from the monotony of the iced in condition. These were now housed in “dogloos” on the ice. Provisions for the Antarctic crossing had included some 50-plus dogs. Below-zero temperatures and blizzards would become more frequent. The winter months are still on the horizon. Keep in mind that this is the southern hemisphere. No amount of local ice breaking was going to free the ship. Shackleton enforced a strict schedule and occasionally broke the monotony by changing up the meals. Throughout January, the ship was forced to find its way through cracks in the ice as they became available. For the next six weeks, the Endurance weaved through loose ice and pack. Almost immediately the Endurance encountered icebergs and soon reached the edge of the ice pack. South Georgia was the final port of call, and on Dec. It is his photography that highlights Alexander’s book. Noteworthy among the additions was the gifted photographer, James Francis Hurley. Buenos Aires was the port where final supplies were loaded and the crew completed. Ernest Shackleton, a well-known polar explorer, managed to put together a crew of 27, an ice-worthy ship, Endurance, with adequate financing to accomplish that challenge.Īlthough Britain was in a war, the Endurance was given the go ahead Britain needed some positive news. One major challenge remained: the first crossing on foot of the Antarctic Continent. By August 1914, most of the firsts regarding polar exploration had been accomplished.
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