Ernest Shackleton Antarctica expedition 1914

Ernest Shackleton TransAntarctica expedition of 1914. 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 whicha treacherous 800mile ocean crossing to South Georgia Islandis now considered one of the greates