The Endurance Expedition

There were many important aspects of the Endurance Expedition, but were they all completed successfully? After a great deal of time spent in the South Pole, success was hardly thought of. However, in the end, the expedition was ultimately notorious for the grand accomplishments to come out of it.

The original goal of the Endurance Expedition was to complete the first ever crossing of the Antarctic continent. Ernest Shackleton, alongside twenty-seven crew members, planned to set sail to the South Pole in 1914. Technically speaking, the expedition was a success, although a few key concepts from Shackleton’s anticipations were shunted to the side. From the very beginning, the Endurance would be the crew’s main source of transportation and was

Howbeit, in light of the later sinking of Endurance, Shackleton and his crew had experienced one of the most incredible feats of survival ever recorded. (123) So was the expedition a failure or a success? Evidently, not one occurrence was planned beforehand, and transpired rather abruptly. In March, the crew of Endurance “watched as one large [iceberg] began

Frank Worsley is a prime example; [Worsley’s] navigation skills were crucial to the safe arrival of the James Caird. As well as a skipper, Worsley was the captain of Endurance, and After Shackleton, they looked to [Frank Worsley] to get them home. Alongside Worsley, Henry McNish and Frank Hurley could also be deemed rather successful. McNish, the carpenter, repaired the James Caird in which Shackleton and five others sailed whilst seeking salvation, and was responsible for much of the work that ensured the crew's survival after their ship, the Endurance, was destroyed when it became trapped in pack ice in the Weddell Sea. Which leaves Frank Hurley, the photographer, who even during the very worst of times, proceeded to document the expedition whenever possible. Not only this, but He was also a skilled tinsmith and made a water pump for the lifeboats and also a portable stove taken around from camp to camp from materials salvaged from the Endurance... Many what-ifs are applicable when taking these men and their actions into account. For instance, perhaps neither Worsley, McNish, nor Hurley were as practised and adept as they were. Would the crew still have manage to survive? In opinion, the entire Endurance crew was successful in toto, bearing the subsequent return home in mind. All dexterous and able in varying ways, a contribution was made by