by Audrey Benedict | Jun 25, 2020 | ePostCards
ePostcard #68: Endurance in a World of Ice! click images to enlarge ePostcard #68: Endurance in a World of Ice! The expedition arrived at South Georgia on November 5th 1914, and Shackleton and his men would learn much from the whaling captains about the conditions in...
by Audrey Benedict | Jun 24, 2020 | ePostCards
ePostcard #67: Endurance Underway! As Germany declared war on Russia, August 1st, 1914, Shackleton left London on his ship the Endurance intending to be the first to successfully complete a trans-Antarctic expedition. It took 4 months to reach a whaling yard in South...
by Audrey Benedict | Jun 23, 2020 | ePostCards
ePostcard #66: Shackleton’s Endurance “We all have our White South.”Ernest Shackleton The harrowing tale of British explorer Ernest Shackleton’s Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914–1917) has haunted me for nearly 40 years. Most historians regard it as the...
by Audrey Benedict | Jun 21, 2020 | ePostCards
ePostcard #65: Tern, Tern Tern! Turn! Turn! Turn!To every thing there is a season, A time to be born, and a time to die.A time to mourn, and a time to heal. A time to break down, and a time to build up.A time to weep, and a time to laugh,A time to embrace, and...
by Audrey Benedict | Jun 17, 2020 | ePostCards
ePostcard #64: Albatross Morning (South Georgia) Albatrosses are some of the most iconic species in the Southern Ocean, but they also serve as sentinels for the challenges faced by albatross populations worldwide. South Georgia is home to globally significant...
