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Ernest Shackleton’s Antarctic Expeditions, Pt. 2

Stuff You Missed in History Class

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Shackleton's Expedition to the Falkland Islands

Shackleton had originally hoped to cross antarctica in the summer of 19 14. He realized that was not going to work before setting sail from south georgia island. The survival of all 28 men from shackleton's expedition aboard the endurance was truly astonishing, and it made headlines. But world where one had stretched on the whole time they had been gone didn't really see this dramatic rescue as much of a relief.

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