Campaign ManagerWhat can you do when you find yourself stranded on unfamiliar lands? One thing that is really impressive about the human race is that we tend to become very resilient and can always rise to the occasion when needed. Our strong survival skills have in a way lead us to position ourselves at the top of the food chain. Today we will read about the details of a group of explorers who went on an expedition and got lost in the cold icy waters of Antarctica for over 2 years…
A Polar Explorer
This is Sir Ernest Shackleton. He is a well established polar explorer who was about to make one of most ambitious expeditions ever. This happened by the time the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration ended and the British adventurer was in search of land at Earth’s southernmost territory. After he and his team completed the first land crossing across the continent, they made history.
Selected Few
The advertisement looking for a courageous crew ended up receiving over a thousand applicants. But the main man Ernest Shackleton was quite picky. He handpicked just 28 (and one stowaway) for the trip. His ship was called ‘Endurance’. Another group of men also sailed along on a support ship, getting ready and stacking supplies to move forward to their destination.
First Destination
The ship found its way to the land of Buenos Aires with no such noteworthy incident. It was from here that the Endurance too voyaged to reach the South Pole floating through the uncharted South Atlantic island of South Georgia. And during those times, the island had whaling stations which were kept about 2,000 miles to the closest coast of Antarctica.
