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Sailing in the lifeboat James Caird, Ernest Shackleton arrives at South Georgia after a journey of 800 nautical miles from Elephant Island.
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Voyage of the James Caird
Small-boat journey by Sir Ernest Shackleton and five companions
The voyage of the James Caird was a journey of 1,300 kilometres (800 mi) from Elephant Island in the South Shetland Islands through the Southern Ocean to South Georgia, undertaken by Sir Ernest Shackleton and five companions to obtain rescue for the main body of the stranded…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Ernest Shackleton
Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer (1874–1922)
Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton was an Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer who led three British expeditions to the Antarctic. He was one of the principal figures of the period known as the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
British Overseas Territory in the South Atlantic
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (SGSSI) is a British Overseas Territory in the southern Atlantic Ocean. It is a remote and inhospitable collection of islands, consisting of South Georgia and a chain of smaller islands known as the South Sandwich Islands. South…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Elephant Island
Island off the coast of Antarctica
Elephant Island is an ice-covered, mountainous island off the coast of Antarctica in the outer reaches of the South Shetland Islands, in the Southern Ocean. The island is situated 245 kilometres north-northeast of the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula, 1,253 kilometres…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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