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Endurance Expedition Timeline

By Liaminc

  • Headed south by way of Madeira and Buenos Aires

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    Endurance Expedition Timeline

  • Left Buenos Aires for the South Atlantic

    Left Buenos Aires for the South Atlantic

  • Arrived at Grytviken, South Georgia Island

  • Left Grytviken, South Georgia island.

    Last port for the Endurance.
  • Ship skirting pack ice.

    Ship skirting pack ice.

  • Entered long free water flows.

  • Stuck in ice, crew took excursions on ice.

    Stuck in ice, crew took excursions on ice.

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    Endurance beset by pack ice.

  • A break in the ice appered.

    A break in the ice appered.

    All work was put into chipping and breaking the ice to free the ship.
  • Pressure fist observed.

    Pressure fist observed.

  • All dogs forced move back on the ship because of pressure.

  • The ship was freed.

    A crack opened next to the ship and all hands working to enter and in doing so make progress.

  • Endurance first under pressure.

  • Heavy pressure upon the Endurance

    The timbers were begining to rupture and the ship began to rise from the water and then settle back in the water again due to the pressure cracks movment.

  • Pressure bending the hull

    Bent some 10 inches along the end.

  • The order to abandon ship given.

  • The Endurance sank.

    Her stern rose up and within minutes the ship disapered.

  • Began drifting on ice flows.

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    Drifting on ice flows.

  • Set sail in 3 lifeboats for Elephant Island.

  • Landed on Elephant Island.

    First humans to set foot on Elephant Island
  • 6 men including Shackleton left for South Georgia Island in the James Carid lifeboat.

    6 men including Shackleton left for South Georgia Island in the James Carid lifeboat.

  • Arrived at Peggotty Camp.

    Only Shackleton, Worsley, and Crean went on land.

  • Made arangments to pick up the other 3 people at Peggotty Camp and their companians on Elephant Island

  • All crew members safely abord the Yelcho.

    The Yelcho is the ship that sailed from South Georgia Island to collect the Endurance crew memebers.