ePostcard #74: The Final Rescue!

ePostcard #74: The Final Rescue!

ePostcard #74: The Final Rescue! click images to enlarge ePostcard #74: The Final Rescue! “Not a life lost, and we have been through Hell!” Ernest Shackleton This opening photo by Frank Hurley takes us back to where it all began—South Georgia. You can see the...
ePostcard #72: Across South Georgia!

ePostcard #72: Across South Georgia!

ePostcard #72: Across South Georgia! click images to enlarge ePostcard #72: Across South Georgia! It is impossible to describe the grueling, non-stop 36-hour alpine traverse of South Georgia without turning to the profound power of Shackleton’s own words. Shackleton,...
ePostcard #71: South Georgia Bound!

ePostcard #71: South Georgia Bound!

ePostcard #71: South Georgia Bound! click images to enlarge ePostcard #71: South Georgia Bound! The perilous voyage of the James Caird from Elephant Island to South Georgia is ranked as one of the greatest boat journeys ever accomplished and is an achievement unique...
ePostcard #70: Elephant Island!

ePostcard #70: Elephant Island!

ePostcard #70: Elephant Island! click images to enlarge ePostcard #70: Elephant Island! After months spent in makeshift camps on the northward drifting pack ice, the situation for Shackleton and his men had become increasingly dire. At Patience Camp in early March...