Fascinating stories, that gave me fuel to be an adventurer. Shackleton is one of my great heroes and I cannot recommend highly enough becoming familiar with the story of the Endurance. Crushed in ice, far from anywhere yet all survived. Incredible incredible tale.
That's really interesting. Thanks for sharing. It does not absolve Scott for organising and leading the expedition badly though imo. The bad decisions are numerous, and having a trustworthy second-in-command is at the end of the day the leaders responsibility.
>Shackleton is one of my great heroes and I cannot recommend highly enough becoming familiar with the story of the Endurance.
Shackleton's journey to South Georgia in an open boat across the most hostile ocean and subsequent first ever crossing of the mountains of that island has to be one of the most incredible feats in the history of navigation. I don't think it's unreasonable to predict in a thousand years from now people will still learn about Endurance's sinking as one of the truly great survival stories.
Your linked article doesn't seem completely accurate to me.
Apsley Cherry-Garrard did take the dog team to meet the returning polar party. Maybe the orders he was given by Evans didn't match what Scott wanted but the article doesn't state this.
I'm working my way through `Endurance: Shackleton's incredible voyage` by Alfred Lansing after it was recommended in another recent HN comment thread. I really like it so far.