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So cool! Shackleton's Endurance story is amazing, and don't miss out on the Ross Sea Party's part. The goal of the overall expedition was to cross the contine

So cool! Shackleton's Endurance story is amazing, and don't miss out on the Ross Sea Party's part. The goal of the overall expedition was to cross the continent; Shackleton's party would make a series of depots to Pole, while the Ross Sea party was laying them from the other side so Shackleton could traverse the continent. Shackleton famously lost Endurance though, so never came over land. Meanwhile, the Ross Sea party lost their ship too, and still managed to lay a series of depots. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Sea_party https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Sea_party

timthorn 8y ago
There was a good TV film of the story a while back: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0272839/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0272839/
- jacquesm 8y ago
  It's also the inspiration for this song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Js7qiqKphbI&t=774s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Js7qiqKphbI&t=774s
  - jfk13 8y ago
    Is it? That sounds more like http://farhorizons.hull.ac.uk/baffin-bay-the-isabella-sir-john-ross-and-the-search-for-the-northwest-passage/ http://farhorizons.hull.ac.uk/baffin-bay-the-isabella-sir-jo...
jfk13 8y ago
The surviving photographs from the expedition, taken by Frank Hurley, are truly remarkable -- I saw them at the "Enduring Eye" exhibition[1] at the Royal Geographical Society a few years back, though I believe the exhibit has toured to other locations as well. Recommended! [1] http://geographical.co.uk/reviews/exhibitions/item/1453-enduring-eye-the-antarctic-legacy-of-ernest-shackleton-and-frank-hurley http://geographical.co.uk/reviews/exhibitions/item/1453-endu...