ON DEC. 5, 1914, Sir Ernest Shackleton, an Anglo-Irish polar explorer, set sail for Antarctica aboard a 144-foot, three-masted wood schooner named Endurance. His goal: Full the primary crossing of the Antarctic continent. However Shackleton and his crew turned ensnared in pack ice about 100 miles from their supposed vacation spot and had been stranded …
ON DEC. 5, 1914, Sir Ernest Shackleton, an Anglo-Irish polar explorer, set sail for Antarctica aboard a 144-foot, three-masted wood schooner named Endurance. His goal: Full the primary crossing of the Antarctic continent. However Shackleton and his crew turned ensnared in pack ice about 100 miles from their supposed vacation spot and had been stranded for greater than a 12 months. Compelled to depend on the likes of seal-backbone soup and penguin meat for sustenance, the expedition celebration was lastly rescued in August 1916.
On Dec. 19, 2021, I set out alone Antarctic journey aboard the Endurance. Not the unique one—she’s on the backside of the Weddell Sea and researchers are literally trying to find her proper now. I sailed aboard the Nationwide Geographic Endurance, one of many latest members of the luxurious journey cruise firm Lindblad Expeditions’ fleet. An eight-deck, 126-passenger polar-class ship, it’s outfitted with two scorching tubs, a spa and a library-slash-bar the place waitstaff served delicious little tea sandwiches day by day at 4 p.m. I used to be touring with my dad, his spouse, my sister and her husband. My targets: Spend time with my household and meet as many penguins as attainable.
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