The Endurance - Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition

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In 1901, he joined his first expedition to the Antarctic, led by the esteemed British naval officer Robert Falcon Scott. The journey involved a challenging trek to the South Pole and was a joint venture with the Royal Society and the Royal Geographical Society. Todo ésto con una tripulación de 27 hombres; entre ellos, un capitán-Frank Worsley-; el fotógrafo , Frank Hurley, gracias a quién existen las decenas de fotos que documentan el viaje y todas sus consecuencias; doctores, biólogos, decenas de perros y, por supuesto, la importantísima presencia de MRS. CHIPPY, la gara de Harry McNish, el carpintero; a bordo del barco Endurance As the situation worsened, the ship was crushed by the ice and began to drift in a northerly direction. Endurance trapped in the ice

A 2022 image of the Endurance's stern reveals its name above a five-pointed star. The wooden ship was in the icy waters of the Weddell Sea. He depicts the day-to-day life of the men, their teams of sled dogs, and the slow demise of their home for ten months, the Endurance. He worked without hat and gloves, always on the move, always looking for the next composition. “His eye for light was flawless,” says Ms. Alexander. A Morgan Stanley Dean Witter presentation of a White Mountain Films/Nova co-production in association with Channel 4/U.K., Telepool/Germany, SVT/Sweden, Discovery Intl., the American Museum of Natural History. Produced by George Butler. Executive producers, Caroline Alexander, Paula Apsell, Mike Ryan, Phyllis Ryan. Co-producer, Louise Rosen.Directed by George Butler. Written by Caroline Alexander, Joseph Dorman, based on the book by Alexander. Book Genre: Adventure, Art, Biography, Historical, History, Maritime, Nonfiction, Photography, Science, Survival, Travel PDF / EPUB File Name: The_Endurance_-_Caroline_Alexander.pdf, The_Endurance_-_Caroline_Alexander.epub Intent on following his own path, at the age of sixteen he joined the Merchant Navy, subverting his father’s wishes for him to attend medical school. By the age of eighteen he had already achieved the rank of First Mate and only six years later was a certified Master Mariner. The story is, too, one of profound individual and shared loss: the destruction of the ship, Endurance, the abandonment of the intended goal, and the elimination of the final shreds of human comfort. In the spare, unforgiving Antarctic landscape, every minute comfort is integral morale – and the loss of any part is devastating. Dogs were brought on the expedition, with the intention of using them for sledging across the ice floes and tundra. After the expedition’s original intent is abandoned, the dogs are no longer needed (and become a burden: consuming valuable resources). Ultimately, the necessary action is to cull the sled dogs: in the crewmen’s journals, this event is detailed as one of the most difficult tasks ever undertaken. Similarly, Harry McNish’s beloved cat, Mrs. Chippy (brought onboard as an unofficial mascot and ship-pet), is also killed: the personal loss suffered never quite heals and alienates McNish from the other crew members.

In the time that passed between abandoning Endurance and watching the ice swallow it up completely, the crew salvaged as many provisions as they could, while sacrificing anything and everything that added weight or would consume valuable resources— including bibles, books, clothing, tools and keepsakes. Some of the younger dogs, too small to pull their weight, were shot, as was, to the chagrin of many, the unfortunate Mrs. Chippy. Tengo pasión por todo lo que sean historias de supervivencia y acontecimientos históricos (cada vez que piso un museo o visito algún lugar con importancia histórica, se me hace un nudo en el pecho de la emoción.... sep, soy así de rara Por eso no tengo amigos), sobre todo si los libros que leo sobre ellos tienen documentos de la época/fotos/etc. Caroline Alexander is a deft storyteller, efficiently and seamlessly merging excerpts from crew members’ diaries with photographs and independent research. She contextualizes the events of the expedition against the world arena, providing a rudimentary social and political framework upon which to build the story. She had access to sources previously unavailable to other researchers, and skillfully unifies diary entries and independent research. The result is a comprehensive, thoughtful, and thorough recollection of the expedition. With unexpected intimacy, Alexander reconstructs both the physical voyage and the burgeoning relationships between the men. She has an acute sense for the social dynamics on the ship, and is skilled in her candid nuanced portrayals of the individual men.Excelente expedición hacia el fondo del asunto; de la recuperación del pasado, de las vivencias de un grupo de hombres que no se dejaron vencer por el frío ni el hambre. Her summation of an 800 mile journey in a small open boat, battered by frigid gale force storms, manned only by ES and two others, in a a desperate attempt to seek help best captures the heart of this story: His ability to survive and keep the rest of his crew safe whilst stranded for two years still remains a remarkable story celebrating his heroism and leadership. As for the rest of the Trans-Continental team, the supply depot party had also run into trouble with the ship Aurora but continued to lay the supplies nonetheless. Eventually, needing rescue, the party of men sadly lost three lives in the process.