Voyage of the James Caird
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The voyage of the James Caird was a journey of 1,300 kilometres from Elephant Island in the South Shetland Islands through the Southern Ocean to South Georgia, undertaken by Sir Ernest Shackleton and
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
Ernest Shackleton
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Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton was an Anglo-Irish Antarctic 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 Antar
Voyage of the James Caird
…journey of 1,300 kilometres (700 nmi) 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…
Shackleton in 1904
Blue plaque marking Shackleton's home at 12 Westwood Hill, Sydenham, London Borough of Lewisham
Shackleton in 1901, aged 27
Discovery in Antarctic water