Shackleton Lost the Endurance. How Did All 28 Get Home?

When Antarctic ice crushed the Endurance, Ernest Shackleton and his crew had to turn an expedition into a rescue. How did all 28 members of the Endurance party make it home? Follow the drifting ice camps, the boats to Elephant Island, the James Caird's voyage to South Georgia, the mountain crossing and the repeated attempts to rescue the men left behind. This illustrated history also follows Frank Worsley, Harry McNish, Tom Crean, Frank Wild and Luis Pardo's Yelcho. Watch next: 674 Miles to Deliver Medicine: The Nome Serum Run    • 674 Miles to Deliver Medicine: The Nome Se...   Explore Survival Against the Odds    • Survival Against the Odds   CHAPTERS 00:00 The expedition becomes a rescue 01:00 Across Antarctica 02:10 Trapped in the pack 03:17 The Pressure Returns 04:21 Across the Ice 05:25 The Ship Is Gone 06:36 Into the Boats 07:43 Elephant Island 08:52 A Way to Reach Help 10:04 Six Men Set Out 11:07 Navigating the Southern Ocean 12:15 Cold, ice and exhaustion 13:19 Landfall on South Georgia 14:18 Across South Georgia 15:24 Through the Mountains 16:31 Reaching Stromness 17:32 Waiting on Elephant Island 18:43 Trying to Return 19:51 Yelcho Arrives 21:00 The Other Party HISTORICAL NOTE All 28 members of the Endurance party survived. The separate Ross Sea support party suffered three deaths; its story is included in the final chapter. VISUALS AND AUDIO Original painted stickman illustrations reconstruct the story. Maps and diagrams explain routes and constraints; the paintings are illustrative reconstructions. No library music, ambience or effects are used in the story. SOURCES Ernest Shackleton, South (1919): https://www.gutenberg.org/files/5199/... NZHistory, the two expedition parties: https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/inter... NZHistory, Frank Worsley: https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/photo... State Library of New South Wales, the crushing of Endurance: https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/stories/cru... State Library of New South Wales, Elephant Island: https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/stories/mar... Chilean Navy, the Yelcho rescue: https://www.armada.cl/conmemoracion-d... What Time Built Animated — history through painted scenes and explanatory diagrams. #Shackleton #Endurance #AntarcticHistory