Ep 138: Shackleton, Part 5 — One Group Goes for Help; One Groups Sits and Waits and Wonders and Worries

Harry and Rafe continue with Bufnagle: the Podcast, Book Club Edition and the 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.Within days of arriving at Elephant Island, Shackleton and five others depart in a modified James Caird in a last-ditch, do-or-die, Hail Mary attempt to reach civilization at South Georgia Island over 800 miles away.  The party of 22 left behind sits through a painful 4 months on a lonely beach covered in penguin dung, wondering about the fortunes of their fellow journeymen, hoping against hope that they can beat the deadly Drake Passage.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!!!