> once back in England, he and most of his crew volunteered to serve in World War One. A very sobering account is, after being cut off from the rest of the wor

> once back in England, he and most of his crew volunteered to serve in World War One. A very sobering account is, after being cut off from the rest of the world, arriving at the South Georgia whaling station he asked "Tell me, when was the war over". The date was May 1916. "The war is not over" he answered "Millions are being killed. Europe is mad. The World is mad".....The reader may not realise quite how difficult it was for us to envisage nearly two years of the most stupendous war of history.... poison gas and liquid fire, the submarine warfare, the Gallipoli campaign. Above text is from Shackleton's 'South', his own account of the journey.