Shackleton and the Endurance - Escape from Antarctica - Part 1

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode, we will be discussing Ernest Shackleton and his dramatic expedition to the Antarctic where he would be stranded along with his 27 crew members deep in the Weddell Sea and his attempts to get back to land. This is part 1 of 2.

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Sources:

• Empire - episode 111 - Shackleton: the hero of Antarctica
• BBC - restoring Shackletons cabin
• https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-34856379 - photos
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Sea_party
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personnel_of_the_Imperial_Trans-Antarctic_Expedition
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Trans-Antarctic_Expedition
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Shackleton
• Endurance: Shackletons incredible voyage - Alfred Lansing
• South! The Story of Shackletons Last Expedition 1914-1917 - Ernest Shackleton - https://www.coolantarctica.com/Antarctica%20fact%20file/History/south/south_shackleton_preface.php
• https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-60662541 - finding endurance
• https://www.coolantarctica.com/Antarctica%20fact%20file/History/Ernest_Shackleton_map_time_line.php