They had taken as many supplies as they could but still had to worry about fresh water. Shackleton and his crew spent five, harrowing, freezing days at sea. Shackleton had no choice, he ordered the crew into two lifeboats and headed for the nearest island…
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Then, one day, the ship’s hull began to crack under the ice. It was only 60 miles away but separated by impassable ice. There was one other option…Ī month into their icy exile, the men were getting restless, and they were floating away from their ice camp on the Ross Ice Shelf. There wasn’t much else they could do but try and determine the next steps, could he really give up the mission this early in? After all, they knew they’d find ice in the Antarctic. Shackleton was floating farther and farther away from his goal. In the following months, the ship slowly drifted northward with the ice flow. With no other options, Shackleton ordered the ship’s routine abandoned they would have to wait it out…
Shackleton realized the ship might be trapped until early Spring at the very least. It was February 24, 1915, almost three months into the trek.
The ice slowed the progress and it was getting worse as the cold days dragged on.īefore long, Endurance became frozen fast in an ice floe. Headed for Vahsel Bay, the Endurance moved southward but encountered ice almost immediately. His ship, the Endurance, departed from South Georgia for the Weddell Sea on December 5, 1914, in the heart of winter. It was prudent thinking, but would it be enough? He hired 10 men to start from the Ross Shelf and deposit supplies every 60 miles. For the trek to work, he’d have to stop and stock up on more supplies for the second, more arduous leg of the trip. Shackleton’s plan was to start below South America and make his way to the Ross Ice Shelf, below Australia. The third time would certainly be the charm. In 1914, he planned on crossing the Antarctic once more. But his father’s lessons were still strong he knew he couldn’t give up. His three separate expeditions to the South Pole in 19 were both met with hardship, but none was more difficult than his third attempt in 1914…Īfter his first two attempts had been plagued with bad weather and illness, Ernest was beginning to lose hope that he’d ever be able to explore the great South Pole. He spent the majority of his career pursuing seemingly impossible missions to undiscovered and often brutal places, specifically, Antarctica.
It was a lesson that would remain with Earnest for his whole life.Įrnest was a lifelong explorer. His parents were actually from Yorkshire, England and his father became a doctor later in life, proving to his sons that it’s possible to do anything one sets their mind to if they just try. Yet Shackleton’s mission to cross Antarctica was doomed from the start and would be one of the most shocking tales of survival ever told…Įrnest Shackleton was born on February 15, 1874, in Kildare County, Ireland. In the early days of the Age of Exploration, men and women alike sailed across the harsh, unpredictable seas to discover new worlds and map out the undiscovered lands.įew men are as inspirational in this regard as Ernest Shackleton, the explorer who had plans to traverse the last unexplored continent on Earth: Antarctica. Ernest Shackleton and The Endurance: One of The Greatest Survival Stories Ever Told
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