I took one of my daughters back to the city of my birth Dundee last year and did a tour of the ship Discovery. Great history and a successful expedition for both Shackleton and Scott before subsequent fateful Antarctic expeditions.
Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
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It is a fascinating story. I saw the documentary a few years ago. Thanks for remembering. I'm going to watch it again.
Its a great ship to visit if you are ever in Scotland. You feel a sense of history and can imagine the conversations that occurred in the officers mess whilst the ship is struggling through Antarctic pack ice.
If you haven't alrealy, give Nataniel Philbrick's "In the Heart of the Sea" a read! An incredible historian! It was later made into a movie. He's has a few other books on Nantucket and other American history. One of my favorite authors!
I lusted after them for years before I finally found a set. At the Danish Pipe Shop of all places.
Didn't Shackleton tell his crew to only take the bare essentials in personal items, but that included a pound of pipe tobacco each?
What great photos! Thanks for showing us.
Did they have Scott’s pipe on show? Think it’s that museum in Dundee that’s got it still. You should tell your daughter there’s a load of old pipe smokers who are very jealous of her. lol
Remarkable leadership Shackleton showed in getting his entire crew through the extended journey back to rescue. I think he must have carefully screened his crew to find people who were physically and mentally able to survive such a struggle. Everyone had to remain optimistic and determined in what looked like a suicide mission. Hypothermia can end lives in hours. And there's the old ship, cryogenically preserved under the ice.
Another Shackleton ship was found.
www.cbsnews.com
Wreck of ship on which famed explorer Ernest Shackleton died found on ocean floor off Canada
Ernest Shackleton was a legendary explorer who sailed to the edges of the Earth and died on a voyage to Antarctica.
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