Having kept the faith in their expedition leader – Ernest Shackleton – the men now faced a daunting march north dragging their boats hoping to make land and a rescue. She sank just under a month later on November 21st. Eventually, on October 27th the pressure on the ship was too great and she was abandoned to her fate. Caught in the sea ice they drifted north during the long Antarctica winter pushed from all sides. The story is of 28 men who became stuck in the ice of the Weddell Sea in January 1915. This is a true tale of grit and determination survival against the odds peppered with humour, camaraderie and unbelievable stoicism. However, reading Endurance soon put this into perspective. I am sat in my cosy room listening to the howling gale and rain lashing against my windows, somewhat miffed at not being able to get out in my garden.
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