During the ill-fated Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, Sir Ernest ... sledge and lifeboats to Elephant Island in the South Shetland Islands at the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula ...
FMHT's new website feature takes you inside the expedition, showing how we found ... Using lifeboats, the men reached the desolate shores of Elephant Island in April 1916. Knowing that no rescue ...
Never mind that it was an act of desperation. He and a few of his men would have to leave Antarctica's Elephant Island and summon help. It was the best hope for saving himself and the 27 other men ...
before hauling two lifeboats across 830 miles of barren terrain and launching them in tumultuous seas to reach Elephant ...