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> Thanks to Shackleton’s efforts and those of his crew, all 28 men survived and were rescued in 1917. The men survived in the antarctic for 2 years until rescu
by metadat 3y ago
> Thanks to Shackleton’s efforts and those of his crew, all 28 men survived and were rescued in 1917.
The men survived in the antarctic for 2 years until rescue? (ship sank 1915, rescued in 1917) That's insane, what did they eat? How did they stay warm?
- SamPatt 3y agoRead (or listen to) Endurance by Alfred Lansing. It's truly a great story.
- karaterobot 3y agoThey made a shelter out of their rowboats and survived by eating seal and penguin meat. They didn't stay very warm at all. I imagine their heat sources were body heat and fires fueled by seal blubber. Source: I read Alfred Lansing's book Endurance about 25 years ago, and skimmed the Wikipedia page just now, so as you can tell I'm something of an expert.
- doctorwho42 3y agoRead endurance. This is the most impressive survival feat and example of true leadership, every - single - one of his crew survived... The dude converted a large row boat into a sea going vessel and crossed the worst seas in the world just to get to elephant island (100+ miles? Away) - only to have to mountaineer without gear over a mountain to get to a whaling station. But not just mountaineering, they got up into the mountains only for a terrible snow storm start to stir up... They then used frozen rope as a sled.... Man read the book, it's like jaw dropping... Not based on a true story - shit is a true story
- fifilura 3y agoYou should also read up on Nansen wintering in the Arctic. Shackleton is a story about leadership. Nansen about pure survival (and some mind boggling bravery bordering stupidity) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nansen%27s_Fram_expedition https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nansen%27s_Fram_expedition
- marcusverus 3y agoThis is such a phenomenal book.
- cozzyd 3y agoNot to take away from any of the insane adventure, but Elephant Island is fairly mild as far as Antarctica goes.