"Voyage of the James Caird The voyage of the ""James Caird"" was a small-boat journey from Elephant Island in the South Shetland Islands to South Georgia in the southern Atlantic Ocean, a distance of . Undertaken by Sir Ernest Shackleton and five companions, it aimed to obtain rescue for the main body of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914–1917, which was stranded on Elephant Island after the loss of its ship ""Endurance"". Polar historians regard the voyage as one of the greatest small-boat journeys ever completed. In October 1915 pack ice in the Weddell Sea had sunk ""Endurance"", leaving Shackleton"
"explorer, was unveiled in Kinsale in September 2000. Timothy McCarthy (sailor) Timothy 'Tim' McCarthy (15 July 1888 – 16 March 1917) was an Irish able seaman (AB). He is best known for his service in the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914–1916, for which he was awarded the Bronze Polar Medal. McCarthy was born on 15 July 1888 in Kinsale, Ireland. He signed on the ""Endurance"" as an able seaman, and participated fully in the dangers and privations of the Weddell Sea, particularly after the ""Endurance"" sank and the ship's company and shore party were marooned on a nearby ice floe."
"Timothy McCarthy (sailor) Timothy 'Tim' McCarthy (15 July 1888 – 16 March 1917) was an Irish able seaman (AB). He is best known for his service in the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914–1916, for which he was awarded the Bronze Polar Medal. McCarthy was born on 15 July 1888 in Kinsale, Ireland. He signed on the ""Endurance"" as an able seaman, and participated fully in the dangers and privations of the Weddell Sea, particularly after the ""Endurance"" sank and the ship's company and shore party were marooned on a nearby ice floe. Later, the ship's company and shore party were"
"to recommend Holness for this honor are unknown. Ernest Holness Albert Ernest Holness (born 7 December 1892 (Kingston-upon-Hull), died 20 September 1924 (at sea)) was an English marine engine stoker. He is best known for his service in the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914–1916. Holness was born on 7 December 1892 in Kingston-upon-Hull. At age 21 in 1914, he signed articles and shipped aboard the ""Endurance"" as a tender of the coal fire maintained on the vessel. Although the ""Endurance"" was rigged as a barquentine, it also had a coal-burning engine and spent much of its time under steam. Working"
"This non-fiction narrative details the 1914-1916 expedition to Antarctica led by Sir Ernest Shackleton on the Endurance. His vessel was shipwrecked and frozen on ice for 10 months until pressure finally crushed it. The crew camped on the ice for five months before crossing the open in two open boats to South Georgia Island. The book contains more than 40 vintage photographs taken during the expedition. For her writing and research Armstrong was selected as an Orbis Pictus Award winner. Armstrong edited and contributed one piece (""Witness"") to this collection, which features works by Ibtisam Barakat, Joseph Bruchac, Lisa Rowe"
"in expedition and scientific discovery was heightened by these two men. In 1914, Wordie joined Sir Ernest Shackleton's expedition to the Antarctic, known as the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, where he acted as geologist and chief of scientific staff. Despite the overall failure of the expedition—including the beset ship ""Endurance"", caught up in the Weddell Sea until destroyed by ice in 1915—Wordie maintained the morale of the expedition, made scientific observations regarding oceanography and the ice pack, and acquired important geological specimens. He was awarded the Royal Geographical Society's Back Award in 1920. Wordie sailed on nine polar expeditions, including Endurance."
"Ernest Holness Albert Ernest Holness (born 7 December 1892 (Kingston-upon-Hull), died 20 September 1924 (at sea)) was an English marine engine stoker. He is best known for his service in the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914–1916. Holness was born on 7 December 1892 in Kingston-upon-Hull. At age 21 in 1914, he signed articles and shipped aboard the ""Endurance"" as a tender of the coal fire maintained on the vessel. Although the ""Endurance"" was rigged as a barquentine, it also had a coal-burning engine and spent much of its time under steam. Working under the orders issued by chief engineer Lewis"
"Harry McNish Henry McNish (11 September 187424 September 1930), often referred to as Harry McNeish or by the nickname Chippy, was the carpenter on Sir Ernest Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914–1917. He was responsible for much of the work that ensured the crew's survival after their ship, the ""Endurance"", was destroyed when it became trapped in pack ice in the Weddell Sea. He modified the small boat, ""James Caird"", that allowed Shackleton and five men (including McNish) to make a voyage of hundreds of miles to fetch help for the rest of the crew. After the expedition he returned"
"this time under the command of Ernest Shackleton, on the Nimrod Expedition where he was third officer and boatswain. By the time of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition in 1914, the 48-year-old Cheetham was the crew member with most experience of the Antarctic, having spent almost six years in the seas around the continent He was Third Officer on board the ""Endurance"" and was a popular and cheerful member of the crew. Frank Worsley refers to him as ""a pirate to his fingertips"". After ""Endurance"" was crushed in pack ice and the men set up for Elephant Island in the three"
"South Pole Station was later named after these two men. The Australasian Antarctic Expedition took place between 1911-1914 and was led by Sir Douglas Mawson. It concentrated on the stretch of Antarctic coastline between Cape Adare and Mount Gauss, carrying out mapping and survey work on coastal and inland territories. Discoveries included Commonwealth Bay, Ninnis Glacier, Mertz Glacier, and Queen Mary Land. Major accomplishments were made in geology, glaciology and terrestrial biology. The Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914-1917 was led by Ernest Shackleton and set out to cross the continent via the South pole. However, their ship, the ""Endurance"", was"
"Walter How Walter Ernest How (25 December 1885 – 5 August 1972) was an Able Seaman who took part in Ernest Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition to the South Pole, from 1914-1917. Born in Bermondsey, London, Walter became a sailor at 12 years old. He married Helen Varey in 1913, and his first daughter was born only six weeks before his departure upon the ""Endurance"". When the Endurance made a stop at Buenos Aires en route to the Antarctica, How, along with Bakewell, helped smuggle Perce Blackborow on board as a stowaway. After the Endurance sank, trapped in the sea ice"
"Tom Crean (explorer) Thomas Crean (20 July 1877 – 27 July 1938), was an Irish seaman and Antarctic explorer who was awarded the Albert Medal for Lifesaving. Tom Crean was a member of three major expeditions to Antarctica during what is known as the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, including Robert Falcon Scott's 1911–13 Terra Nova Expedition. This saw the race to reach the South Pole lost to Roald Amundsen and ended in the deaths of Scott and his polar party. During this expedition, Crean's solo walk across the Ross Ice Shelf to save the life of Edward Evans led"
"DiPietro made its debut in New York City at the Tony Kiser Theater, an Off-Broadway venue. Blended with a parallel story of a struggling composer, the play retells the adventure of ""Endurance"" in detail, incorporating photos and videos of the journey. Printed sources Online sources Ernest Shackleton Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton (; 15 February 1874 – 5 January 1922) was a British polar explorer who led three British expeditions to the Antarctic. He was one of the principal figures of the period known as the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. Born in Kilkea, County Kildare, Ireland (then part of the"
"was in doubt until the last minute. Within the party only Mackintosh and Joyce had any previous Antarctic experience; Mackintosh had lost an eye as the result of an accident during the ""Nimrod"" expedition and had gone home early. ""Endurance"", without Shackleton (who was detained in England by expedition business), left Plymouth on 8 August 1914, heading first for Buenos Aires. Here Shackleton, who had travelled on a faster ship, rejoined the expedition. Hurley also came on board, together with Bakewell and the stowaway, Blackborow, while several others left the ship or were discharged. On 26 October the ship sailed"
"Alexander Kerr Alexander John Henry Kerr (2 December 1892 – 4 December 1964) was an English marine engineer and wholesale newsagent. He is best known for his service in the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914–1916, for which he was awarded the Silver Polar Medal. Kerr was born on 2 December 1892 in East Ham, which was then part of Essex but has since become part of Greater London. As a man trained for work with marine engines, he signed on the ""Endurance"" as the second engineer. Although the ""Endurance"" was rigged as a barquentine, it also had a coal-burning engine"
"in Ballynacourty, Corkaguiney, County Kerry. Tom Crean (explorer) Thomas Crean (20 July 1877 – 27 July 1938), was an Irish seaman and Antarctic explorer who was awarded the Albert Medal for Lifesaving. Tom Crean was a member of three major expeditions to Antarctica during what is known as the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, including Robert Falcon Scott's 1911–13 Terra Nova Expedition. This saw the race to reach the South Pole lost to Roald Amundsen and ended in the deaths of Scott and his polar party. During this expedition, Crean's solo walk across the Ross Ice Shelf to save the"
"the return trip, Scott and his four companions all died of starvation and extreme cold. In 1914 Ernest Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition set out with the goal of crossing Antarctica via the South Pole, but his ship, the ""Endurance"", was frozen in pack-ice and sank 11 months later. The overland journey was never made. Major explorations after the Age of Discovery Major explorations of Earth continued after the Age of Discovery. By the early seventeenth century, vessels were sufficiently well built and their navigators competent enough to travel to virtually anywhere on the planet by sea. In the 17th century"
"held until he was appointed naturalist to the Marine Biological Association in 1913. While at the Scottish Oceanographical Laboratory, he worked on some of the Antarctic specimens that William Speirs Bruce had brought back from the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition of 1902–04. He was a natural sportsman, a keen golfer and angler, and was selected to play cricket for Scotland in 1912. He had a reserved manner, not given to laughing or joking, but with a strong work ethic and a passion for biology. On 9 August 1914 the ""Endurance"" departed Plymouth, carrying Shackleton and his crew on what was"
"Ross passed through what is now known as the Ross Sea and discovered Ross Island (both of which were named for him) in 1841. He sailed along a huge wall of ice that was later named the Ross Ice Shelf. Mount Erebus and Mount Terror are named after two ships from his expedition: HMS ""Erebus"" and ""Terror"". The Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914, led by Ernest Shackleton, set out to cross the continent via the pole, but their ship, the ""Endurance"", was trapped and crushed by pack ice before they even landed. The expedition members survived after an epic journey"
"Ernest Shackleton Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton (; 15 February 1874 – 5 January 1922) was a British polar explorer who led three British expeditions to the Antarctic. He was one of the principal figures of the period known as the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. Born in Kilkea, County Kildare, Ireland (then part of the United Kingdom), Shackleton and his Anglo-Irish family moved to Sydenham in suburban south London when he was ten. His first experience of the polar regions was as third officer on Captain Robert Falcon Scott's Discovery Expedition 1901–1904, from which he was sent home early on"
"Marine Assurance Company had underwritten her hull, machinery and equipment for £15,000. Just before she sailed, ""The Times"" had reported that ""Hitherto the insurance of vessels taking part in Antarctic exploration has ceased at the last port touched, and ""Endurance"" will be the first vessel to be insured in the ice zone."" The Times had praised ""Endurance"" as ""built specially for work in Polar seas,"" adding that ""in an ice-coated sea there can be no turbulent waves which are the causes of so many disasters in warmer zones."" ""Endurance"" sailed from Plymouth, England on 6 August 1914 and set course"
"son Angus. Alfred Lansing Alfred Lansing (July 21, 1921 – January 1, 1975) was an American journalist and writer, best known for his book ""Endurance"" (1959), an account of Ernest Shackleton's Antarctic explorations. Lansing was a native of Chicago, Illinois. After serving in the U.S. Navy from 1940–46, where he received a Purple Heart, he enrolled at North Park College and later at Northwestern University, where he majored in journalism. Until 1949 he edited a weekly newspaper in Illinois. Thereafter he joined the United Press and in 1952 became a freelance writer. Lansing is best known for his book ""Endurance:"
"leads a boat full of civilians to safety while the Japanese pursue. George Mulock Captain George Francis Arthur Mulock, DSO, RN, FRGS (7 February 1882 – 26 December 1963) was an Anglo-Irish Royal Navy officer, cartographer and polar explorer who participated in an expedition to the Antarctic regions: the Discovery Expedition, 1901–04. After compiling the reports, logs and maps of the expedition, Mulock returned to full-time service, seeing action on the beaches of Gallipoli and later as the most senior naval officer to be captured at Singapore in 1942. George Francis Arthur Mulock was born in Fleetwood, Lancashire on 7"
"Lewis Rickinson Lewis Raphael Rickinson (born 21 April 1883 (Lewisham), died 16 April 1945 (Newbury, Berkshire)) was an English marine engineer. He is best known for his service in the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914–1916, for which he was awarded the Silver Polar Medal. Rickinson was born on 21 April 1883 in Lewisham, which was then part of the County of Kent but has since become part of Greater London. His father was Charles Napier Rickinson and his mother was Emma Isaac Rickinson. As a man trained for work with marine engines, he signed on the ""Endurance"" as the chief"
"George Mulock Captain George Francis Arthur Mulock, DSO, RN, FRGS (7 February 1882 – 26 December 1963) was an Anglo-Irish Royal Navy officer, cartographer and polar explorer who participated in an expedition to the Antarctic regions: the Discovery Expedition, 1901–04. After compiling the reports, logs and maps of the expedition, Mulock returned to full-time service, seeing action on the beaches of Gallipoli and later as the most senior naval officer to be captured at Singapore in 1942. George Francis Arthur Mulock was born in Fleetwood, Lancashire on 7 February 1882, the youngest child and only son of Railway Engineer George"
"trail"". Robert Falcon Scott Captain Robert Falcon Scott, (6 June 1868 – 29 March 1912) was a British Royal Navy officer and explorer who led two expeditions to the Antarctic regions: the ""Discovery"" Expedition of 1901–1904 and the ill-fated ""Terra Nova"" Expedition of 1910–1913. On the first expedition, he set a new southern record by marching to latitude 82°S and discovered the Antarctic Plateau, on which the South Pole is located. On the second venture, Scott led a party of five which reached the South Pole on 17 January 1912, less than five weeks after Roald Amundsen's Norwegian expedition. On"
"with Roald Amundsen's conquest, Shackleton turned his attention to the crossing of Antarctica from sea to sea, via the pole. To this end he made preparations for what became the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1914–17. Disaster struck this expedition when its ship, ""Endurance"", became trapped in pack ice and was slowly crushed before the shore parties could be landed. The crew escaped by camping on the sea ice until it disintegrated, then by launching the lifeboats to reach Elephant Island and ultimately the inhabited island of South Georgia, a stormy ocean voyage of 720 nautical miles and Shackleton's most famous exploit."
"Ernest Wild Henry Ernest Wild AM (10 August 1879 – 10 March 1918), known as Ernest Wild, was a British Royal Naval seaman and Antarctic explorer, a younger brother of Frank Wild. Unlike his more renowned brother, who went south on five occasions, Ernest Wild made only a single trip to the Antarctic, as a member of the Ross Sea party in support of Sir Ernest Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1914–17. He was one of the group of ten who were stranded ashore when the expedition's ship was blown from its moorings in a gale and were forced to improvise"
"Alfred Lansing Alfred Lansing (July 21, 1921 – January 1, 1975) was an American journalist and writer, best known for his book ""Endurance"" (1959), an account of Ernest Shackleton's Antarctic explorations. Lansing was a native of Chicago, Illinois. After serving in the U.S. Navy from 1940–46, where he received a Purple Heart, he enrolled at North Park College and later at Northwestern University, where he majored in journalism. Until 1949 he edited a weekly newspaper in Illinois. Thereafter he joined the United Press and in 1952 became a freelance writer. Lansing is best known for his book ""Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible"
"Voyage"", the account of the failed Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of Sir Ernest Shackleton and his crew to the South Pole in 1914. The book is named after the ship used by Shackleton, the Endurance, and it became a bestseller when it was first published in 1959. Whilst researching the book, Lansing spoke with ten of the expedition's surviving members and was granted access to the journals and personal diaries of eight others in order to get a more complete view of the expedition. While he was writing ""Endurance"", Lansing lived in Sea Cliff, Long Island with his wife, Barbara, and"
"Robert Falcon Scott Captain Robert Falcon Scott, (6 June 1868 – 29 March 1912) was a British Royal Navy officer and explorer who led two expeditions to the Antarctic regions: the ""Discovery"" Expedition of 1901–1904 and the ill-fated ""Terra Nova"" Expedition of 1910–1913. On the first expedition, he set a new southern record by marching to latitude 82°S and discovered the Antarctic Plateau, on which the South Pole is located. On the second venture, Scott led a party of five which reached the South Pole on 17 January 1912, less than five weeks after Roald Amundsen's Norwegian expedition. On their"
"John Vincent (sailor) John William Vincent (24 January 1884 – 19 January 1941) was an English seaman and member of Ernest Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition. He was one of the five men who accompanied Shackleton on his epic crossing from Elephant Island to South Georgia and was one of only four of the crew of ""Endurance"" not to receive the Polar Medal. Vincent was born in Birmingham on 24 January 1884. He became a sailor at the age of 13, and later became a trawlerman working in the North Sea fleet out of Hull. At the time, trawling was one"
"of a series of five s in 2004, with as its lead ship. Fridtjof Nansen Fridtjof Nansen (; 10 October 1861 – 13 May 1930) was a Norwegian explorer, scientist, diplomat, humanitarian and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. In his youth he was a champion skier and ice skater. He led the team that made the first crossing of the Greenland interior in 1888, traversing the island on cross-country skis. He won international fame after reaching a record northern latitude of 86°14′ during his ""Fram"" expedition of 1893–1896. Although he retired from exploration after his return to Norway, his techniques of"