![]() ![]() Ten months later on 21st November 1915, as a result of the building ice pressure alongside the hull, the Endurance finally sank. ![]() Unable to break free, and too far from the Antarctic mainland to commence the crossing, the Endurance and her crew drifted within the pack ice, slowly moving northwards. On 18th January 1915, the Endurance became stuck fast in the floating pack ice within the Weddell Sea, North of their intended destination. The entire expedition was set to take up to three years, with a secondary party establishing an RV camp on the other side of the crossing. Commanded by Irish explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton, the voyage aimed to land the 28 man exploration team at Vahsel bay, Antarctica, before their commencement of the first land crossing of the Antarctic continent. On the 8 th August 1914, the three masted barquentine Endurance set sail from Plymouth as part of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic expedition. Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing () ![]()
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