print email comment close The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition URL: http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/shackleton/ Description: This combination of photographs by expedition photographer Frank Hurley, maps, diary entries, and brief explanatory text captures one of the great stories of exploration. In 1916, Sir Ernest Shackleton and five sailors made a remarkable boat and land journey to reach a whaling station and organize the rescue of the rest of his crew, stranded when their ship, "Endurance," was crushed in pack ice near Antarctica. From the American Museum of Natural History. Publisher: American Museum of Natural History Extra Keywords James Caird Library of Congress Subject Headings: Antarctica -- Discovery and exploration Endurance (Ship) Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914-1917) Shackleton, Ernest Henry, Sir, 1874-1922 Shackleton, Ernest Henry, Sir, 1874-1922 -- Journeys -- Antarctica LII Database Information: Record 9634 created by Dana Evans on 10/10/1999 Last modification on 01/22/2004 Published: 10/10/1999   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/9634