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South! by Sir Ernest
Shackleton
Preface
Chapters:
I. Into the Weddell
Sea | II. New
Land | III.
Winter Months |
IV. Loss of the
Endurance |
V. Ocean Camp |
VI. The March Between
| VII. Patience
Camp | VIII.
Escape From the Ice |
IX. The Boat Journey
| X. Across South
Georgia | XI.
The Rescue |
XII. Elephant Island
| XIII. The Ross
Sea Party |
XIV. Wintering in McMurdo Sound |
XV. Laying the
Depots | XVI.
The Aurora's Drift |
XVII. The Last
Relief | XVIII.
The Final Phase
Appendix 1:
Scientific Work |
Sea-Ice
Nomenclature |
Meteorology
| Physics
|
South Atlantic Whales and Whaling
Appendix 2:
The
Expedition Huts at McMurdo Sound
Pictures:
page 1 |
page 2 |
page 3 |
page 4 |
page 5 |
page 6
Summary
(4 pages) of the
Trans Antarctic Expedition |
Selected pictures at larger size
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Marooned on Elephant Island
The men left behind when the 6 strong rescue party set out to South Georgia for help.
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Elephant Island
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The Rescue Ship Sighted
The Yelcho comes into view of the men on Elephant Island, note the signal fire to the left of the picture on the small hill.
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All Safe, All Well
A small rowing boat sets out from the Yelcho carrying Shackleton back to his men.
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View Through a Cave on Elephant Island
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The Aurora
The ship that was used by the Ross Sea party
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Ice Stalactites
On Elephant Island
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A Newly Frozen Lead
The Endurance can be seen in the background. The channel is a recently frozen over lead of water formed when the large ice floe split along the line into the distance.
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The Ross Sea Party
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Macintosh and Spencer-Smith Being Dragged on the Sledge
The Ross Sea party who's job it was to lay depots en route to the South Pole to be used by the Trans-Polar party, had great difficulties of their own.
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The Rudder Was Bent Over to Starboard and Smashed
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Next Morning the Jury Rudder Was Shipped
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Ice Nomenclature: 1. Young Ice (Bay Ice of Scoresby) in the Middle Distance
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Ice Nomenclature: 2. Light Pack
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Ice Nomenclature: 3. Heavy Hummocked Pack
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Ice Nomenclature: 4. Hummocky Pack and Frozen Lead of Young-Ice
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Ice Nomenclature: 5. Close Pack
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Ice Nomenclature: 6. Open Pack
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Ice Nomenclature: 7. Very Open Pack, approximating to Drift-ice
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Ice Nomenclature: 8. Drift-Ice
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"The Rookery"
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The Anemometer covered with Rime