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Starting of Shackletons Journey
Endurance departs London the same day Germany declares war on Russia -
Shackletons Journey
After Shackleton receives one-word telegram from Admiralty. Endurance departs Plymouth -
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Shackleton offers his ship and crew to British government for war effort -
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With final crew on board, Endurance leaves Buenos Aires, Argentina for South Georgia. -
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Departs Grytviken whaling station, South Georgia - last time crew would touch land for 497 days. -
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Enters the Antarctic pack ice. -
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Endurance crosses Antarctic Circle. -
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First sighting of Antarctic continent (Coats Land). -
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Endurance becomes beset in the pack ice. -
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Drifts to 77th parallel in Vahsel Bay, farthest south the ship will reach -
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Shackleton orders halt to ship routine -
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Sun vanishes for season, not to reappear for four months. -
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Crew celebrates Midwinter's Day with a feast. -
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Frank Hurley takes famous nighttime photos of Endurance. -
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Pressure ice makes the Endurance, according to Perce Blackborow, "literally [jump] into the air and [settle] on its beam." -
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At 5 p.m., Shackleton gives order to abandon the Endurance. -
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After futile, three-day attempt to march over the ice, Shackleton has crew erect Ocean Camp. -
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With a single cry of "She's going, boys!" Shackleton and his crew watch Endurance sink. -
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Crew again begins march toward open water, averaging just a mile and a half a day. -
Shackletons Journey
Crew again begins march toward open water, averaging just a mile and a half a day. -
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Shackleton abandons march, sets up Patience Camp. -
Shackletons Journey
Shackleton abandons march, sets up Patience Camp. -
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Blizzard blows the camp north across Antarctic Circle. -
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In honor of Leap Year Day, crew enjoys three full meals. -
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On Shackleton's orders, the crew shoots the remaining dogs (originally numbering 69) and eats the younger ones. -
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The ice floe they are on splits in two, separating them from the three lifeboats, but they get them back. -
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Elephant Island appears on the horizon. -
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Crew goes to sea in the three lifeboats, the James Caird, the Dudley Docker, and the Stancomb Wills. -
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After seven grueling days at sea, lifeboats land safely on Elephant Island. -
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Shackleton and five others depart for South Georgia in James Caird. -
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Shackleton and five others depart for South Georgia in James Caird. -
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Shackleton, Worsley, and Crean depart on the English-owned Southern Sky to rescue men on Elephant Island, but are stopped by ice 100 miles short of the island. -
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Chartered by the British Association, the schooner Emma sets out from Punta Arenas, but gets to within 100 miles of Elephant Island before storms and ice force it to return. -
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Chilean authorities loan the Yelcho, a small steamer, which sets sail with Shackleton, Worsley, and Crean for Elephant Island. -
End of Shackletons Journey
"I felt jolly near blubbing for a bit & could not speak for several minutes," Wild wrote about seeing Shackleton arrive with the Yelcho, which rescued the party on this day, 22 months after they'd set out from South Georgia.
