Into Frozen South in 1923 | Selection from the Ocean

1923 | Into Frozen South Author: Ernest Henry Shackleton Publisher: Cassell & Company, London Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton was one of the most important figures in the age of heroic exploration of Antarctica. The book records the complete record of the "Antarctic and Sub-Antarctic Expedition Plan" launched by Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton in 1920, as well as the observation notes of the accompanying teammates and other information. Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton began to challenge the frozen continent that humans had never set foot in in 1901. From 1907 to 2009, King Edward VII awarded the British flag to carry out the flag-planting mission at the South Pole. Shackleton organized Led the "Nimrod", first built a base on the Antarctic coast, and led four team members to advance to the South Pole. After a month, they finally planted the flag at 88.23 degrees south latitude, only 180 kilometers away from the South Pole. During the last difficult return journey, due to insufficient supplies, they dug up the horse carcasses buried on the outbound journey and ate them. At the difficult moment when two team members were suffering from dysentery, he led one of the stronger team members back to the ship to seek help first, and then returned to the rescue. In the end, all the team members Survive. Upon his return to England he was immediately treated as a hero and given the title of knight. From 1914 to 16, Shackleton once again led 28 people on the Endurance to challenge the crossing of Antarctica on foot. However, in 1915, the ship sank due to the surrounding ice floes. Shackleton and the crew had to abandon the ship and move to the ice floes. , and the ice floes continue to separate and break over time. In 1916, the ice floe completely shattered, and 28 people were divided into three lifeboats to escape at sea. After seven days, they arrived at Elephant Island (uninhabited and far away from the merchant ship route). Shackleton did not choose to sit still and wait for death. He selected the other five strongest men. The crew took the largest lifeboat and crossed about 1,300 kilometers (800 miles) east-southeast to South Georgia Island to seek rescue. This epic voyage lasted for 16 days in extremely harsh weather at sea. With sailing experience and luck, , Shackleton and 5 crew members arrived at South Georgia and forced ashore in a storm. Once ashore, Shackleton hiked over the South Georgia Mountains to find whaling stations for help. Finally, he took the whaling ship back to Elephant Island to retrieve all his companions. Although Shackleton's expedition failed repeatedly, his extraordinary leadership and motivational talents, and only his extraordinary courage and loyalty, can he survive in extreme situations. Under the weather conditions, let all partners return home without missing a beat. In 1920, he organized the "Discovery" again, this time targeting the unexplored Beaufort Sea area of Antarctica. The name of the plan was the "Antarctic and Sub-Antarctic Expedition Plan" with the goal of traveling around Antarctica to draw detailed maps and circumnavigate the Antarctic. Antarctica to map its coastline and investigate some of its "lost" sub-Antarctic islands. The expedition ship arrived at South Georgia on January 4, 1922. Unfortunately, Shackleton died of a heart attack in the early morning of January 5 not long after returning here.