![]() The expedition is remembered as an epic story of overcoming, heroism and survival. The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition: Alexander, Caroline: 9780375404030: : Books Books Arts & Photography Photography & Video Try Prime and start saving today with Fast, FREE Delivery Buy new: 20.49 List Price: 38.00 Details Save: 17. Together with his entire crew, they achieved the most important feat of all.survival. Shackleton, together with a few men aboard the boat " James Caird", made one of the most memorable and heroic voyages in the history of navigation. For 522 days they endured winds of up to 300 km/h and temperatures of 40 degrees below zero. Originally rigged as a frigate, she was converted into a three-masted brigantine and in 1914 took part in the famous " Imperial Transantarctic Expedition" to cross the Antarctic under the command of Sir Ernest Shackleton.Īfter the shipwreck of August 19, 1915, they were trapped in the ice of the Weddell Sea. The Endurance was launched on Decemunder the name "Polaris". In the race to conquer the South Pole, three names shone with their own light: Ernest Shackleton, Robert Falcon Scott and Roald Amundsen.
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