That movie, in its way, cast an aesthetic maritime spell. "Endurance," the new NatGeo documentary about Shackleton's journey, is very good, but its tone is less poetic, more scientific.
In 1914, explorer Ernest Shackleton and his 27-man crew set sail on a journey to Antarctica. Their mission? To become the first people to ever cross the entire continent, which is roughly 1.3 times ...
Shackleton's expedition drifted with the ice for nearly two years. Facing hunger, loneliness, near-mutiny and what has come to be known as the greatest small-boat journey in history, this is their ...
Eighty-five years later, the three climbers re-traced Shackleton's journey in far better conditions, with modern clothing and equipment, and up-to-date maps. Their verdict: The "crazy genius of ...
Follow the path of the 1999 expedition aboard the Akademik Shuleykin as they revisited the remote locales of Shackleton's epic journey. The 1999 route is marked as a dashed line in green ...
It is estimated that at the beginning of the Shackleton journey (December 1914) the explorers had sufficient calories and a variety of foods to meet their nutritional needs at their level of activity.
Against all odds, Shackleton’s leadership shone through. He made the fateful decision to set off in a small lifeboat with five other crew members on a perilous 800-mile journey across the ...
and Sir Ernest Shackleton’s core values were imperative in helping Tim choose the best of the best to support him on the journey. When asked what he thinks makes a strong team player ...