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1914
Endurance departs London. -
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1914
After Shackleton receives one-word telegram from Admiralty ("Proceed"), Endurance departs Plymouth. -
1914
With final crew on board, Endurance leaves Buenos Aires, Argentina for South Georgia. -
1914
The crewDeparts Grytviken whaling station, South Georgia. Little did they know it would be the last time crew would touch land for 497 days. -
1914
The crew enters the Antarctic pack ice. -
1914
Endurance crosses Antarctic Circle. -
1915
The crew sees sighting of Antarctic for the first time. -
1915
The sun vanishes for the season and does not to appear for four months. -
1915
Crew celebrates Midwinter's Day with a feast. -
1915
At 5 p.m., Shackleton gives order to abandon the Endurance. -
1915
After futile, three-day attempt to march over the ice, Shackleton has crew erect Ocean Camp. -
1915
With a single cry of "She's going, boys!" Shackleton and his crew watch Endurance sink. -
1915
Shackleton abandons march, sets up Patience Camp. -
1916
Blizzard blows the camp north across Antarctic Circle. -
1916
In honor of Leap Year Day, crew enjoys three full meals. -
1916
On Shackleton's orders, the crew shoots the remaining dogs (originally numbering 69) and eats the younger ones. -
1916
The crew spots Elephant Island. -
1916
After seven grueling days at sea, lifeboats land safely on Elephant Island. -
1916
Shackleton and five others depart for South Georgia in. -
1916
After 17 days in stormy seas, and with superior navigation by Frank Worsley, the crew miraculously arrived on the west coast of South Georgia. -
1916
Having trekked without a break for 36 hours over glacier-clad mountains thousands of feet high, Shackleton, Worsley, and Crean arrive at Stromness whaling station. -
1916
Shackleton, Worsley, and Crean depart on the English-owned Southern Sky to rescue men on Elephant Island, but are stopped by ice 100 miles short of the island. -
1916
Shackleton arrives with the other men which rescued his crew back on Elephant Island, 22 months after they'd set out from South Georgia.