Ep 134: Shackleton, Part 1 — Sailing to Antarctica and Getting Stuck in the Ice

Harry and Rafe present Bufnagle: the Podcast, Book Club Edition with discussion of Alfred Lansing's book Endurance, the tail of Earnest Shackleton's ill-fated adventure to the South Pole during 1914, 1915, and 1916.Leaving England on the August day that England declared war on Germany in WWI, Shackleton led the ship Endurance to Buenos Aires and then on to South Georgia and then into the Weddell Sea.  By the end of February, the Endurance is stuck solid in the gigantic ice flow that is the Weddell Sea, slowly rotating  clockwise, bringing Shackleton tantalizingly close to his goal but never letting him and his 27 companions free.  As Winter 1915 sets in, the band of 28 adventurers are prepping to spend the long, dark lonely Antarctic winter camping near their ice-locked vessel, trying to stay alive, and hoping for favorable winds to slowly break up the ice and let them seek a return to civilization.This episode is kindly sponsored by BlendJet.Use our special link ("bufnagle") to save 12% at blendjet.com. The discount will be applied at checkout!*****As always, you can reach the Buf at [email protected]*****As you know, this is an independent podcast so your hosts also carry all the expenses of running this podcast.  As such, some of you have asked how you can help out.  Well, here's the answer: support us on Buy Me a Coffee:https://buymeacoffee.com/bufnagleOn this page, you can do a really nice thing like send us a couple dollars to help cover the cost of recording and hosting and microphones and research and all that.  Any little bit really helps!  Thank you in advance!!!