The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition

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The Endurance: Shackleton’s Legendary Antarctic Expedition is the name of an exhibition from the American Museum of Natural History that “documents one of the greatest tales of survival in expedition history: Sir Ernest Shackleton’s 1914 voyage to the Antarctic. Just one day’s sail from the continent, the ship Endurance became trapped in sea ice. Frozen fast for ten months, the ship was crushed and destroyed by ice pressure, and the crew was forced to abandon ship. After camping on the ice for five months, Shackleton made two open boat journeys, one of which — a treacherous 800-mile ocean crossing to South Georgia Island — is now considered one of the greatest boat journeys in history. Trekking across the mountains of South Georgia, Shackleton reached the island’s remote whaling station, organized a rescue team, and saved all of the men he had left behind.”This website provides many of the details of this amazing journey including a list of the crewmembers and chapters of the saga such as Sled Dog Pals, The Men Left Behind, and The Rescue. While there is a smattering of photos accompanying this text, most of the images in the actual exhibition are not featured on the website.