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Ernest Shackleton and The Endurance depart from Plymouth docks, sailing for South America.
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Sailing smoothly from South Georgia, through the Weddell Sea, bound for Vasel Bay.
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The Endurance is met by unrelening pack ice.
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The ice floes continue to increase in size and eventually the Endurance gets stuck.
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Cracks appear on The Endurance after 9 months of solitude. Shackleton gives the order to abondon ship and camp on the ice
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This ice furthur chrushes the ship and it sinks.
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Crew starts setting up "Patience Camp"
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The ice starts breaking so Shackleton starts launching the lifeboats. They reach Elephant Island in 7 days.
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Shackleton and 5 other men launch the James Caird lifeboat. Against all odds, after 17 days at sea, they reach South Georgia.
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Shackleton, Worsley, and Crean cross difficult mountain ranges and reach a whaling settlement, months after leaving the island.
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Shackleton, abord the Chileon SS Yelcho, rescues the rest of the crew. All 28 men are safe and return home as heroes.
