Retracing an Epic Adventure - Shackleton's Antarctic Expedition

[Tom Rankin]

"It's been lauded as one of the greatest survival stories of all-time. Nearly 100 years later, a group of British and Australian adventurers have discovered why. They re-enacted Ernest Shackleton's journey to save his crew when their ship got stuck and sank in Antarctica's icy waters."

Full article:

http://news.yahoo.com/team-braves-wet-cold-retracing-shackletons-steps-031221374.html

 

[Kevin Rooney]

Thanks for posting that - a good read. Glad they survived.

 

[Still Steppin']

Yes, a good read indeed. But then, the arctic and antarctic, provide a wealth of great adventure stories. I grew up fascinated by what our small town library offered: Shackleton, Byrd, Freuchen, etc. Then one day the librarian, sensing my interest, showed me a hand written letter from Winfield Jewell (yes, the Jewell of the Jewell Trail.) Needless to say, I soon read everything I could find about the Greely Expedition. You can read about it and watch a video here: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/introduction/greely-intro/.
If great fiction interests you, be sure to look at A Dream in Polar Fog by Yuri Rytkeu. (Not Greely related.) Amazon has it.