"Unearthing Antarctic Secrets: Shackleton’s Ill-Fated" Topic
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Tango01  | 21 Jan 2024 5:26 p.m. PST |
…Expedition Revealed Shocking Discoveries
"Ernest Shackleton knew the South Pole holds the world's greatest mysteries. It is a desolate, forbiddingly cold place without natural features that would make it habitable. The modern science stations in Antarctica find amenities difficult to ship in and challenging to keep operational; there are few natural resources to make life easy in Antarctica without being a penguin or a seal. For the brave Antarctic explorers of the 1800s and early 1900s, like Amundson, Scott, and Shackleton, ventures to the continent were risky and often deadly. But in 1914, Ernest Shackleton organized the Imperial Trans-Atlantic Expedition to traverse the continent. It ended in disaster for him, but recent discoveries from the debris of his wreck is gaining traction in the scientific community…"
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| 14Bore | 21 Jan 2024 7:27 p.m. PST |
Nice article but especially liked the photos as have a book on his expedition. Glad to see they found the ship well preserved as didn't know that. |
| Tango01 | 22 Jan 2024 3:36 p.m. PST |
Glad you enjoyed it… Armand |
| Shagnasty | 22 Jan 2024 6:52 p.m. PST |
A terrific story of courage and endurance. |
| Tango01 | 23 Jan 2024 3:35 p.m. PST |
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