1 / 17

Getting stuck. Getting out.

Getting stuck. Getting out. IEM5010 Summer 2003 Paul E. Rossler, Ph.D., P.E. Websites www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/shackleton/ www.antarcticconnection.com/antarctic/ history/index.shtml http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/shackleton/surviving/quest.html Fortitudine Vincimus  - "by endurance we conquer."

emily
Download Presentation

Getting stuck. Getting out.

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Getting stuck. Getting out. IEM5010 Summer 2003 Paul E. Rossler, Ph.D., P.E.

  2. Websites www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/shackleton/ www.antarcticconnection.com/antarctic/ history/index.shtml

  3. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/shackleton/surviving/quest.html

  4. Fortitudine Vincimus  - "by endurance we conquer." MEN WANTED: FOR HAZARDOUS JOURNEY. SMALL WAGES, BITTER COLD, LONG MONTHS OF COMPLETE DARKNESS, CONSTANT DANGER, SAFE RETURN DOUBTFUL. HONOUR AND RECOGNITION IN CASE OF SUCCESS. SIR ERNEST SHACKLETON http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/shackleton/1914/team.html

  5. Some notable crew members Second-in-Command - Frank Wild Captain - Frank Worsley Second Officer -Thomas Crean Official Photographer - James Francis Hurley

  6. Some notable crew members Motor Expert and Storekeeper -Thomas Orde-Lees Carpenter -Henry McNish Able Seaman - John Vincent Stowaway (later steward) -Perce Blackborow

  7. Preparation

  8. The voyage south

  9. Ship beset in ice and crushed

  10. Ocean and Patience Camps

  11. Voyage to Elephant Island James Caird, Stancomb Wills (smallest, least seaworthy), Dudley Docker

  12. Elephant Island

  13. Voyage of the James Caird * Worsely, Crean, McNish, McCarthy, and Vincent

  14. South Georgia Island

  15. The rescue

  16. Postscript

More Related