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by EdwardDiego 15 days ago
I have a photo on my wall taken by Frank Hurley, the photographer on the Endurance, of some of the first sea ice they encountered on the last journey.

Fienne's biography of Shackleton is a great read, it captures the complexity of the man that spent most of his life near bankruptcy because he refused, out of romance or ethics or similar, to monetize his explorations unlike his contemporaries.

Oh, and his brother may have stolen the Irish Crown Jewels.