Shackleton's "Endurance" (Ice Ship) -- New Documentary Coming

[Old No7]

The story of Shackleton's expedition to Antartica continues to fascinate me -- and now there's a new documentary from NatGeo coming out on November 2 (Disney+) about the new expedition to find the ship "Endurance". (I'd posted about it a couple of times before, see below).

"From National Geographic Documentary Films, Endurance tells the inspiring stories of these two landmark expeditions, bound by their shared grit and determination.

In 1914, Anglo-Irish Merchant Navy officer and veteran explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton commanded an expedition to sail to Antarctica. His mission was to be the first to traverse the vast continent from one coast to another: a distance of 1,800 miles across the most difficult terrain on the planet.

Endurance, however, would never reach her destination, getting trapped in the pack ice and ultimately sinking, leaving Shackleton and his men alone, on the ice of the Weddell Sea. Unbelievably and against all the odds, Shackleton and all 27 of his crew survived the ordeal. Famous as one of history’s greatest 'successful failures', the Endurance tale is an example of inspirational leadership in the face of great adversity. It is the greatest survival story of all time."

Here is the Link to the NatGeo "Endurance" Trailer (click here). It looks really interesting!

See my older postings for:

Amazing 3D Scan of the Endurance

The Endurance: Lost Ship Found

Search for the Endurance, and mini-series

Old No7

[Grizz]

The story of Shackleton's expedition to Antartica continues to fascinate me -- and now there's a new documentary from NatGeo coming out on November 2 (Disney+) about the new expedition to find the ship "Endurance". (I'd posted about it a couple of times before, see below).

"From National Geographic Documentary Films, Endurance tells the inspiring stories of these two landmark expeditions, bound by their shared grit and determination.

In 1914, Anglo-Irish Merchant Navy officer and veteran explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton commanded an expedition to sail to Antarctica. His mission was to be the first to traverse the vast continent from one coast to another: a distance of 1,800 miles across the most difficult terrain on the planet.

Endurance, however, would never reach her destination, getting trapped in the pack ice and ultimately sinking, leaving Shackleton and his men alone, on the ice of the Weddell Sea. Unbelievably and against all the odds, Shackleton and all 27 of his crew survived the ordeal. Famous as one of history’s greatest 'successful failures', the Endurance tale is an example of inspirational leadership in the face of great adversity. It is the greatest survival story of all time."

Here is the Link to the NatGeo "Endurance" Trailer (click here). It looks really interesting!

See my older postings for:

Amazing 3D Scan of the Endurance

The Endurance: Lost Ship Found

Search for the Endurance, and mini-series

Old No7

A sidebar to the tale, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMCS_Karluk. I haven't found my copy of the book, but in a strange irony several or a couple of Shackleton's surviving crew died on this expedition. There is no food in the frozen arctic.