The_Endurance__Shackletons_Legendary_Antarctic_Expedition

The Endurance: Shackletons Legendary Antarctic Expedition By the time Earnest Shackleton had set out on his voyage to cross the Antarctic continent, he had already been on two previously failed expeditions. The first one was the “Discovery” under Robert Falcon Scott in an attempt to be the first to reach the still unclaimed South Pole. During this mission Scott’s crew endured many hardships, mainly because of Scott’s incompetence and lack of leadership. One of the main reasons for the missions’ failure was that there wasn’t a single person on the expedition that knew how to ski or how to drive sled dogs. Shackleton and Scott had not got along very well on the expedition and Shackleton was sent home early. Although Shackleton was crushed by being sent home, he came back as a hero and received a lot of recognition, which would prove to be valuable for him when he decided to start his own expedition. Using all the knowledge he had gained from the discovery expedition, Shackleton obtained money for his own expedition to claim the South Pole and in 1907 purchased a boat he called the “Nimrod”. In August of 1907, Shackleton, three companions, a team of 10 shackleton, men, ship, ice, set, boat, been, through, island, endurance, south, decided, crew, began, three, expedition, pole, out, dogs, attempt, way, supplies, scott, one, land, first, book, because, back, whaling, very, take, miles, hundred, find