Timothy John Jarvis is an English and Australian explorer, climber, author, environmental activist, and documentary filmmaker. He is best known for his numerous Antarctic expeditions, particularly his attempted Antarctic crossing in 1999 and the period recreations of historical treks by Sir Douglas Mawson and Sir Ernest Shackleton.
Tim Jarvis
Voyage of the James Caird
The voyage of the James Caird was a journey of 1,300 kilometres (800 mi) from Elephant Island in the South Shetland Islands through the Southern Ocean to South Georgia, undertaken by Sir Ernest Shackleton and five companions to obtain rescue for the main body of the stranded Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914–1917. Many historians regard the voyage of the crew in a 22.5-foot (6.9 m) ship's boat through the "Furious Fifties" as the greatest small-boat journey ever completed.
Launching the James Caird from the shore of Elephant Island, 24 April 1916
Endurance, listing at a steep angle, shortly before being crushed by the ice, October 1915; photograph by Frank Hurley
Shackleton's party arriving at Elephant Island, April 1916, after the loss of Endurance
Elephant Island party waving goodbye to sailors on the James Caird, 24 April 1916
