The Endurance - Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition

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In 1901, he joined his first expedition to the Antarctic, led by the esteemed British naval officer Robert Falcon Scott. The journey involved a challenging trek to the South Pole and was a joint venture with the Royal Society and the Royal Geographical Society. Hurley’s photographs are dazzling. They are detailed depictions of white-on-white landscapes, where glaciers in the distance and ice crystals in the foreground are equally focused. Hurley considered himself a “tough Aussie” amid a bunch of soft British sailors. More so, he adored the Antarctic landscape, and repeatedly revered it in his eloquent diary entries. “Hail to thee, thy wondrous land,” he wrote. “It was,” says Ms. Alexander, “the landscape God made for him.” After dispersing from the Falkland Islands , most crew members immediately entered military or civilian service to their respective countries. The book’s final act is devoted to the post-expedition lives of the crewmembers, ranging from abject poverty to business ownership (with one crewmember, not warmly viewed by his cohorts, finding profession as a spy). The eclectic crew, unsurprisingly, went on to equally disparate lives. The ‘James Caird’ is launched from Elephant Island to begin her perilous voyage to South Georgia, April 24 1916 (Image credit: Getty / Royal Geographical Society)

He depicts the day-to-day life of the men, their teams of sled dogs, and the slow demise of their home for ten months, the Endurance. He worked without hat and gloves, always on the move, always looking for the next composition. “His eye for light was flawless,” says Ms. Alexander. Caroline Alexander is a deft storyteller, efficiently and seamlessly merging excerpts from crew members’ diaries with photographs and independent research. She contextualizes the events of the expedition against the world arena, providing a rudimentary social and political framework upon which to build the story. She had access to sources previously unavailable to other researchers, and skillfully unifies diary entries and independent research. The result is a comprehensive, thoughtful, and thorough recollection of the expedition. With unexpected intimacy, Alexander reconstructs both the physical voyage and the burgeoning relationships between the men. She has an acute sense for the social dynamics on the ship, and is skilled in her candid nuanced portrayals of the individual men. Jessica Brain is a freelance writer specialising in history. Based in Kent and a lover of all things historical.But otherwise, for anyone with even passing interest in classic adventure stories, this is just an insanely good book - can not over-recommend! Camera (Duart and PFA Medallion Labs color/B&W), Sandi Sissel; director of editing and photo animation, Joshua Waletzky; music, Michael Small; sound, Andy Wiskes, Peter Miller; supervising sound editor, Margaret Crimmins; line producer, Steven Stoke; associate producer/photo-film research, Sarah Scully; additional Antarctic camera, R. Scott Ramson; additional camera, Tom Hurwitz, Jeffrey Victor. Reviewed at Telluride Film Festival, Sept. 2, 2000. Running time: 93 MIN.

His ability to survive and keep the rest of his crew safe whilst stranded for two years still remains a remarkable story celebrating his heroism and leadership. On the brink of physical exhaustion, his body could not take any more of the gruelling challenges and he was forced to leave the expedition early and return home. A Morgan Stanley Dean Witter presentation of a White Mountain Films/Nova co-production in association with Channel 4/U.K., Telepool/Germany, SVT/Sweden, Discovery Intl., the American Museum of Natural History. Produced by George Butler. Executive producers, Caroline Alexander, Paula Apsell, Mike Ryan, Phyllis Ryan. Co-producer, Louise Rosen. Here is one of the very, very few great adventures from the age before our communications became global, when mail still traveled by ship, when we were just on the cusp of mastering our natural world. And yet unlike all those others, here there exists an astonishingly complete, comprehensive, expertly assembled photorecord along with numerous personal accounts and memoirs.Absolutamente fascinante, sobre todo si son fanáticos de historias verdaderas que pasaron hace siglos (un siglo nomás, en este caso) y de las cuales todavía quedan retazos para analizar, fotos o evidencias a ver y leer, voces, testimonios, piezas a armar, etc. Frank Hurley was the photographer and it is his stunning photographs that graphically illustrate Caroline Alexander's gripping narrative, well laced with diary entries from some of the participants. The survival of so many photographs, negatives, both normal and glass plate, is a remarkable story of survival in itself but the fact that no men were lost as their awful situation dragged on and on was incredible. The film was well received by critics, [1] and was nominated for and won several awards. [2] See also [ edit ] Book Genre: Adventure, Art, Biography, Historical, History, Maritime, Nonfiction, Photography, Science, Survival, Travel

As for the rest of the Trans-Continental team, the supply depot party had also run into trouble with the ship Aurora but continued to lay the supplies nonetheless. Eventually, needing rescue, the party of men sadly lost three lives in the process. Directed by George Butler. Written by Caroline Alexander, Joseph Dorman, based on the book by Alexander. PDF / EPUB File Name: The_Endurance_-_Caroline_Alexander.pdf, The_Endurance_-_Caroline_Alexander.epubIn the space of a few years he also made an unsuccessful attempt to become a Member of Parliament as well as serving as part of the Scottish Geographical Society. Whilst he pursued many different ventures, the expedition to succeed in reaching the South Pole was still very much on his mind. The story is, too, one of profound individual and shared loss: the destruction of the ship, Endurance, the abandonment of the intended goal, and the elimination of the final shreds of human comfort. In the spare, unforgiving Antarctic landscape, every minute comfort is integral morale – and the loss of any part is devastating. Dogs were brought on the expedition, with the intention of using them for sledging across the ice floes and tundra. After the expedition’s original intent is abandoned, the dogs are no longer needed (and become a burden: consuming valuable resources). Ultimately, the necessary action is to cull the sled dogs: in the crewmen’s journals, this event is detailed as one of the most difficult tasks ever undertaken. Similarly, Harry McNish’s beloved cat, Mrs. Chippy (brought onboard as an unofficial mascot and ship-pet), is also killed: the personal loss suffered never quite heals and alienates McNish from the other crew members.

They had been within a day’s sailing of their landing place; now the drift of the ice was slowly pushing them farther away with each passing day. There was nothing else to do but to establish a routine and wait out the winter. As the situation worsened, the ship was crushed by the ice and began to drift in a northerly direction. Endurance trapped in the ice

Todo ésto con una tripulación de 27 hombres; entre ellos, un capitán-Frank Worsley-; el fotógrafo , Frank Hurley, gracias a quién existen las decenas de fotos que documentan el viaje y todas sus consecuencias; doctores, biólogos, decenas de perros y, por supuesto, la importantísima presencia de MRS. CHIPPY, la gara de Harry McNish, el carpintero; a bordo del barco Endurance All well!” Came the reply. All the men on the island had survived. "It is an absolutely incredible survival story,” Fiennes said. Fate of the second crew Her summation of an 800 mile journey in a small open boat, battered by frigid gale force storms, manned only by ES and two others, in a a desperate attempt to seek help best captures the heart of this story: Excelente expedición hacia el fondo del asunto; de la recuperación del pasado, de las vivencias de un grupo de hombres que no se dejaron vencer por el frío ni el hambre.