ENDURANCE: SHACKLETONS LEGENDARY JOURNEY PDF, EPUB, EBOOK Caroline Alexander | 211 pages | 03 Nov 1998 | Alfred A. Knopf | 9780375404030 | English | New York, United States Ernest Shackleton's Antarctic Tale Of Endurance And Survival One of his men, Thomas McLeod, a devout Catholic, scooped up the scripture and kept it in secret, thinking it bad luck to do otherwise. The previous September, the ship had turned around for Mrs. Chippy after the cat had leapt overboard. But new circumstances brought new priorities; Shackleton had three of the youngest pups shot along with the cat. Pistol at the ready, Shackleton threatened to shoot McNish. I shall never forget him in this time of strain and stress. The men escaped the Endurance with all the food they could tow — it would only be enough to last them four weeks. With their food supply depleted, they began hunting penguins and seals. To celebrate leap day, the men had three full meals. Supper: a stew made from seal meat to which was added six 1lb tins of Irish stew and one of jugged hare, which we had been keeping for weeks especially for this occasion. By the end of March, more than a year after becoming trapped on the ice, the men had been forced to eat all of their sled dogs. To make matters worse, the ice below their camp had thinned; it would crack at any moment. On April 9, , the crew, still 28 men including Shackleton, climbed into three lifeboats they had saved from the Endurance. They left the ice, sailing toward a tiny, barren piece of land called Elephant Island. After seven days at sea, the crew finally reached land for the first time in 16 months. No one knew that Ernest Shackleton and his crew were trapped on Elephant Island. Facing possible death, Shackleton gambled on another sea voyage: back toward South Georgia. The journey was miles, and he only had a single lifeboat, the James Caird. He had caulked the boat with a mixture of flour, oil paint, and seal blood. Frank Wild was left in command of the party left behind. Then seeing some of the party in tears I immediately set them all to work. Sailing nonstop for two and a half weeks, the six aboard the James Caird suffered from bleeding sores and saltwater boils; they were all frostbitten to different degrees and continuously wet. Frank Worsley tried to chart a course using a sextant and no landmarks. Over the day period, Worsley could only take four sextant readings. If the James Caird missed South Georgia, it would doom their crew of six and the lives of the men left behind on Elephant Island. It was a mighty upheaval of the ocean, a thing quite apart from the big white-capped seas that had been our tireless enemies for many days. White surged the foam of the breaking sea around us. We felt our boat lifted and flung forward like a cork in breaking surf. We were in a seething chaos of tortured water; but somehow the boat lived through it, half full of water, sagging to the dead weight and shuddering under the blow. We bailed with the energy of men fighting for life, flinging the water over the sides with every receptacle that came to our hands, and after ten minutes of uncertainty we felt the boat renew her life beneath us. Dubbed a miracle of navigation, the mile journey has been called the greatest boat journey ever accomplished. Their plight was worse than ours. We must push on somehow. Shackleton, Worsley, and another man, Tom Crean, readied themselves to leave the other three men behind and hike more than 20 miles of uncharted land rife with mountains and glaciers. They brought three days worth of rations; any more would be too much of a burden for the final leg of their journey. After marching 36 straight hours, the three men — ragged, haggard, and smeared with blubber soot — finally reached the whaling community on May 20, When Shackleton told the station manager who he was, a whaler within earshot began to weep. Shackleton then had to find a ship to return to Elephant Island. Yet ice once again made it impossible to reach his Antarctic destination. For months, Shackleton made multiple rescue attempts, all of which failed. Finally, on his fourth attempt, Shackleton reached Elephant Island. It was Aug. When the rescue mission spotted Elephant Island, Shackleton pulled out his binoculars, counting the men on the beach. Ernest Shackleton and his crew returned to London in October , more than two years after leaving. Every single crew member of the Endurance had survived. One by one, all but three of the 26 dogs died from stress and starvation. The Aurora itself was blown out to sea by a storm and trapped in ice from May to March , leaving the team of 10 stranded. After the ice finally melted, the Aurora was able to dislodge and resupply in New Zealand. The ship would not be able to rescue the Ross Sea Party until Jan. The Polar Medal, bestowed by the United Kingdom, is awarded to those who have made significant achievements in the realm of polar exploration. When Ernest Shackleton was asked to present a list of recipients from the Endurance and Aurora crews for the award, he listed everyone save three trawler-men and Henry McNish. True to his word, Shackleton never forgave McNish for the insubordination he showed on the ice floe in Rate This. A retelling of Sir Ernest Shackleton 's ill-fated expedition to Antarctica in , featuring new footage of the actual locations and interviews with surviving relatives of key Director: George Butler. Available on Amazon. Added to Watchlist. From metacritic. The Evolution of Armie Hammer. Top 25 Documentaries. Share this Rating Title: The Endurance 7. Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Photos Add Image. Edit Cast Credited cast: Liam Neeson Self - Narrator voice Rest of cast listed alphabetically: Julian Ayer Self Grandson of expedition member John Blackborow Self Grandson of expedition member David Cale Hubert Hudson voice John Henry Cox Self daughter of Tom Crean Steven Crossley Frank Hurley voice Dominic Hawksley Thomas Orde-Lees voice Roland Huntford Self historian Ron Keith Walter How voice Tom McNeish Ernest Shackleton voice Paul Ricketts Edit Storyline A retelling of Sir Ernest Shackleton 's ill-fated expedition to Antarctica in , featuring new footage of the actual locations and interviews with surviving relatives of key expedition members, plus archived audio interviews with expedition members, and a generous helping of the footage and still photos shot on the expedition. Edit Did You Know? Quotes Himself historian : There is nothing that can crush a man as to see his dreams crumble to dust. But on the other hand This almost fanatic - well it was a fanatic desire to bring his men back alive - this, then, became the driving force. It was the only thing he cared about. User Reviews One man's personal quest for the Romantic's sublimely terrifying experience 20 January by tostinati — See all my reviews. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Report this. Add the first question. Language: English. Runtime: 97 min 90 min TV premiere. Sound Mix: Stereo. Color: Black and White Color. Edit page. October Streaming Picks. Back to School Picks. Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition - Wikipedia San Francisco Chronicle. Rebecca moves on…. John and Molly Chester followed their dream. When they were evicted from their Santa Monica apartment because their dog would not stop barking, they bought…. Submit Comment. Why Stream This Film? Hurley not only shot extraordinary film and stills, he dove into the sinking ship to rescue a batch of incredible photos shot by members of the crew. Watching this courageous crew endure almost two years of hunger, frustration, and cold, will take your breath away. Now streaming on:. Watch on Amazon. Vivid color footage gives us a picture of what the men saw. By far the most valuable footage in the film was shot by the men themselves. These fellows were the last of the seafaring adventurers, people from a complete other time. And yet, with their short hair and wire-rimmed glasses, their faces look so modern that it often comes as a jolt. Screenwriter Caroline Alexander and producer George Butler tell it straightforwardly and well. A retelling of Sir Ernest Shackleton 's ill-fated expedition to Antarctica in , featuring new footage of the actual locations and interviews with surviving relatives of key expedition members, plus archived audio interviews with expedition members, and a generous helping of the footage and still photos shot on the expedition. At its simplest, this film gives you greater appreciation of the comforts that surround us every day. Car window not working? Browser crashing on you? Vending machine rob you of 75 cents? I am not sure the makers would have seen it this way, but I see this film, ultimately, as a downer. A day-grayer. After going so deep into gloom and walking around in it for a couple of hours, it has an effect on you. If you are at all like me, you sat pinched, really dreading to find out what is coming up next. Yet after seeing it, I definitely stepped out of the theater into the frozen weather, feeling warmer, far warmer than when I had gone in. It is a film that makes you actively search for the uplift; a thought-provoking experience. Ten stars. See it. Looking for some great streaming picks? Check out some of the IMDb editors' favorites movies and shows to round out your Watchlist.