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Shackleton led two successful expeditions, but the most famous one he led was his third, when his ship, the Endurance, got trapped in a rapidly expanding ice floe. They hoped that the ice flow would break up and they could continue the expedition, but instead the needed to abandon ship because it began to leak. They then hoped that the ice floe would drift to Paulette Island.
It didn't, but then the ice floe broke in two and they abandoned it, using their lifeboats. Three days later they made it to an uninhabited island, Elephant Island.
Shackleton decided to outfit their best lifeboat for a trip to South Georgia, an island with a whaling station. He made the trip with five other men, and arrived their after fifteen days, but couldn't make it to land because of a storm so powerful that it sunk a 500 ton steamship. The next day, they made it to the shore opposite of the whaling stations. Shackleton and two of his men crossed the mountains to get help.
They got to the whaling station 36 hours later, and got help for the three men on the other side of the island right away. There were three failed attempts to rescue the men on Elephant Island, but they finally succeeded on August 20, 1916, after an ordeal of nearly 20 months.
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What was the date for Ernest Shackleton and his crew's expedition?
Ernest Shackleton's famous expedition was known as the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition. It began in 1914 and lasted until 1917.
What important fact did Ernest Shackleton's expeditions prove?
Ernest Shackleton proved on his third expedition that the world was round.
What did Ernest Shackleton take on his endurance expedition?
Water.
What ships did Ernest Shackleton sail on?
Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton sailed on The Nimrod, and Discovery. But the expedition he led was the Endurance. ASS
Which poles did Ernest Shackleton's expedition reach?
Sir Ernest Shackleton decided to attempt to cross Antarctica via the south pole.
When did ernest shackleton's nimrod expedition return?
The Nimrod Expedition returned to England on the June 14th 1909.
What happened to Ernest Shackleton dogs?
Ernest Shackleton dogs were abducted by aliens in 1973. The aliens erased the memory of everybody so nobody would remember the Ernest Shackleton dogs. Apparently, they forgot you.
Who discovered the Beardmore Glacier?
Ernest Shackleton did in 1908, during his Nimrod Antarctica Expedition
What are major events that happened in ernest shackleton's life?
it is cold
What nationality is ernest shackleton?
Ernest Shackleton was was Irish.
Where did Ernest Shackleton leave from?
Ernest Shackleton left from London to go to the South Pole for his antarctic expedition on the first of august in 1914. He and his crue members were stuck in the bitterly coldness for almost 2 years.
What important fact did Ernest Shackleton's expedition prove in Antarctica?
he proved that the magnetic and the geographic poles were diffrent
