who had been trapped for many months on Elephant Island – their refuge following the loss of their ship in the pack ice of the Weddell Sea during the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition.

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 ...

Expedition Cruise Network chair Martin Johnson explains why the four days sailing through Drake Passage give passengers the ...

The intricate details of the sunken Endurance, the ship lost on Sir Ernest Shackleton's doomed 1914 Antarctic expedition ... reached the uninhabited Elephant Island, about 150 miles (241 ...

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 ...