Shackleton's Endurance, Part 1: The Drift
In January 1915 the Endurance was frozen into the ice of the Weddell Sea, and she never sailed again. How the expedition was paid for, how the ship was built and the crew chosen, the long winter aboard, and the slow drift that left 28 men stranded on the ice. Cover photo: the Endurance held fast in the ice of the Weddell Sea, 1915. Frank Hurley, public domain. Narrated by an AI voice.
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