by Audrey Benedict | Jun 30, 2020 | ePostCards
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...
by Audrey Benedict | Jun 29, 2020 | ePostCards
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...
by Audrey Benedict | Jun 26, 2020 | ePostCards
ePostcard #69: Drifting On Ice! click images to enlarge ePostcard #69: Drifting On Ice! By October, ceaseless pressure from pack ice would force the crew to abandon the Endurance. I can’t imagine what a profoundly emotional departure that must have been. With the ruin...
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...
