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A modern movie about this needs to be made...
Posted on 8/12/17 at 3:10 am
Posted on 8/12/17 at 3:10 am
Shackleton's voyage of Endurance
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The story recounts the failure of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition led by Sir Ernest Shackleton in its attempt to cross the Antarctic continent in 1914 and the subsequent struggle for survival endured by the twenty-eight man crew for almost two years. The book's title refers to the ship Shackleton used for the expedition, the Endurance. The ship was beset and eventually crushed by ice floes in the Weddell Sea leaving the men stranded on the pack ice. All in all the crew drifted on the ice for just over a year. They were able to launch their boats and somehow managed to land them safely on Elephant Island. Shackleton then led a crew of five aboard the James Caird through the Drake Passage and miraculously reached South Georgia Island 650 nautical miles away. He then took two of those men on the first successful overland crossing of the island. Three months later he was finally able to rescue the remaining crew members they had left behind on Elephant Island.
This post was edited on 8/12/17 at 3:12 am
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Posted on 8/12/17 at 3:26 am to NATidefan
It's called Star Wars
Posted on 8/12/17 at 3:26 am to NATidefan
Real life plot twist: most of those guys survived only to be killed in WWI.
Posted on 8/12/17 at 3:27 am to NATidefan
I've read about this over a year ago. Very interesting trip they attempted. They were pretty dumb to try it
Posted on 8/12/17 at 3:31 am to NATidefan
I thought A&E miniseries "Shackleton" was pretty good.
I'm not sure if you could cram the whole story into a 2 or 2-1/2 hour movie. It's a pretty amazing story.
I'm not sure if you could cram the whole story into a 2 or 2-1/2 hour movie. It's a pretty amazing story.
Posted on 8/12/17 at 3:38 am to Jim Rockford
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Most of the members of the expedition returned to take up immediate active military or naval service. Before the war ended two—Tim McCarthy of the open boat journey and the veteran Antarctic sailor Alfred Cheetham—had been killed in action, and Ernest Wild of the Ross Sea party had died of typhoid while serving in the Mediterranean. Several others were severely wounded, and many received decorations for gallantry.[
Per Wikipedia. Take it for what it's worth.
WWI definitely overshadowed their expedition and rescue.
Posted on 8/12/17 at 4:06 am to NATidefan
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A modern movie about this needs to be made...
Then proceeds to link 2 hour movie on youtube
Posted on 8/12/17 at 5:30 am to Powerman
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Then proceeds to link 2 hour movie on youtube
That's not a movie, that's a documentary.
Posted on 8/12/17 at 5:51 am to NATidefan
It was an incredible story. Crossing hundreds of miles of the most violent ocean in the world in a lifeboat and actually finding the island was a hell of a feat.
And to this day the "Shackleton crossing" of St. George Island is still an adventure travel expedition. Only they did it with no special equipment and only a single piece of rope.
Edit: It must have been a terrible feeling to be one of the 20+ men who helped launch that lifeboat into the ocean knowing you'll be stuck on that island for months at least even in the unlikely event the lifeboat made it. I don't remember the exact timelines but think it was over a year before a rescue could be mounted to save them. And they were all still alive, having existed on a seal meat diet the whole time.
And to this day the "Shackleton crossing" of St. George Island is still an adventure travel expedition. Only they did it with no special equipment and only a single piece of rope.
Edit: It must have been a terrible feeling to be one of the 20+ men who helped launch that lifeboat into the ocean knowing you'll be stuck on that island for months at least even in the unlikely event the lifeboat made it. I don't remember the exact timelines but think it was over a year before a rescue could be mounted to save them. And they were all still alive, having existed on a seal meat diet the whole time.
This post was edited on 8/12/17 at 5:54 am
Posted on 8/12/17 at 7:48 am to foshizzle
I looked it up. It was "only" 4-1/2 months from the time Shackleton left Elephant Island, sailed to South Georgia, and rescued the rest of his crew. It was their fourth attempt...
Posted on 8/12/17 at 8:01 am to Jim Rockford
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Real life plot twist: most of those guys survived only to be killed in WWI.
A group of brass balls.
Posted on 8/12/17 at 8:03 am to NATidefan
As some have pointed out, there was already a miniseries Shackleton
and there is a movie in the works, I believe. Tom Hardy to play Shackleton
and there is a movie in the works, I believe. Tom Hardy to play Shackleton
Posted on 8/12/17 at 8:08 am to NATidefan
Someone listening to the ww1 bit about this on hardcore history...
Posted on 8/12/17 at 8:47 am to NATidefan
I just saw a pic of the lifeboat that they used to make the crossing. They had extended the sides and covered the top. I don't know where 6 people were supposed to fit. Shackleton subsequently died on another expedition and was buried on south Georgia.
Posted on 8/12/17 at 1:21 pm to Rouge
No, came across it after watching red dot on the ocean, about a guy who sailed around the northwest passage and down to cape horn and back nonstop, alone, in a 27 foot sailboat.
Posted on 8/12/17 at 1:24 pm to NATidefan
Totally agree. It's a truly amazing tale.
Posted on 8/12/17 at 1:30 pm to mdomingue
That's awesome, hope they do it. Hardy would be a good choice.
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