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Hello, friends!

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On 4th November 1914,

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the British ship Endurance,

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crossed stormy seas,

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and was moving
towards the world's most

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dangerous and mysterious continent,
Antarctica.

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A crew of 28 people
was aboard this ship.

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The command was led by an
explorer, Sir Ernest Shackleton.

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He desired to achieve that
which no one else had ever before.

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To walk across the
continent of Antarctica.

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You heard it right, friends.

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In a time with no smartphone,
no GPS, no modern technology,

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in the temperatures as brutal
as -50°C on this icy continent,

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in the midst of snowstorms,

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from one edge to the another,

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he wanted to cross
this continent on foot.

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He planned to reach the
coast of Antarctica on this ship

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through the Weddell Sea.

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Look at the map.

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Their plan was to
land here exactly

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and start trekking
to the South Pole,

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crossing which, he would then
walk across to the Ross Sea.

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In total, this trek
spanned 2,900 km.

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If everything went
according to the plan,

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it would've taken
about 120 days to finish.

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But how badly
did this plan fail,

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and the struggles they endured,

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neither they nor you
can imagine it, friends.

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On 5th November 1914,

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Endurance reached a whaling
station on the South Georgia Island.

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This was the last human
settlement on their way.

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If you look at the map,

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this group of islands is present
near the tip of South America.

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Just south of them is the
protruding part of Antarctica.

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This is called the
Antarctica Peninsula.

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Beside it is the Weddell Sea.

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A sea that is surrounded
by Antarctica on three sides.

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Because of this, the ice
cannot flow out easily.

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And there is a dense
permanent layer of ice.

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The weather was bad that day.

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So were the conditions
in the Weddell Sea.

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People told Shackleton
to delay this mission.

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Because continuing in those
conditions would be very risky.

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But Shackleton insisted.

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It didn't matter to him
and they continued.

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5th December 1914.

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Endurance kept moving forward

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and soon, their
worst fears came true.

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The ice in Weddell Sea was much
heavier and denser than expected.

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But Shackleton
kept moving forward.

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18th January 1915.

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After sailing along the
edges of the ice for a while,

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the ship got stuck completely.

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A few days later,
some crew members

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saw a 15 feet long chasm in the ice
about 50 metres away from the ship.

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This chasm was their
last hope to get free.

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For three hours, the ship was
driven at full speed of the engines,

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to try and get out of the ice.

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But the ship didn't
even budge an inch.

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The crew members
got out of the ship

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and tried to cut through the ice
with the tools they had at hand.

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But they failed.

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Gradually, the ice sheet
on which this ship was stuck,

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was drifting further
away from the land.

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The point on Antarctica where
the crew was planning to land

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is called the Vahsel Bay.

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But this ship was
drifting further away.

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They drifted away 60 miles.

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The problem was that

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there was water between the
ice sheet and the Vahsel Bay.

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So the crew couldn't simply
get down and walk to the Bay.

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And on the other hand,
the ship was stuck in the ice.

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Months and weeks passed
by trying to get the ship out.

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They knew that
winter was coming.

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And there, winter means
24 hours of darkness.

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For weeks and months, they won't
get even a single minute of sunlight.

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Shackleton ordered everyone
to spend the winter on the ship.

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But winter meant that it
would get even more colder.

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There'd be snowfall
and snowstorms.

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The ship was under
increasing pressure of the ice.

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A photographer, Frank Hurley, was
also present on this ship with his camera.

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These photos were
taken by him then.

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In these you can clearly see
how the ice surrounding the ship,

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was crushing it.

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On 30th September 1915,

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cracks were visible on the ship.

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But the crew hadn't lost hope.

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On 24th October
1915, at 6:45 PM,

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suddenly, due to the
immense pressure,

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the ice sheet broke apart and
one of the pieces hit the ship.

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A heavy piece of ice broke
Endurance's stern post,

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and water began
to seep into the ship.

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The crew members
set to work immediately.

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They tried to
pump out the water.

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They kept at it for
3 days continuously.

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But the water was seeping in
faster than it could be pumped out.

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The temperature was at -8.5°C.

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But the crew was neither
scared nor nervous.

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Some of them tried to loosen
the ice sheet surrounding the ship,

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to reduce the pressure on it.

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But this didn't work either.

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Water kept on
seeping into the ship.

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Quite rapidly.

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While the pressure of the ice
on the ship wasn't decreasing.

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Finally, Shackleton, gave up,

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and ordered the
crew to leave the ship.

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To de-board.

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Looking at the situation, a
crew member, Tom McLeod, said,

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that none of them would
get back to their home.

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The ship had been stuck
for more than 9 months.

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On 27th October 2015,

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a loud explosion was heard.

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When Shackleton turned back to
witness something truly shocking.

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The ship's rear had
suddenly risen 20 feet.

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The rudder and
stern post broke apart.

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The ship's wooden parts
started disintegrating.

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And the front of the
ship was filled with water.

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Thankfully, the crew members had
already abandoned the ship by then.

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After a while, the
water turned into ice.

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And because of this added weight,
the front of the ship began sinking.

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As the ship sunk,

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so did Shackleton's dream
of crossing Antarctica by foot.

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But something much
precious was at stake now.

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Could they return alive?

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The crew had no radio, no telephone,
no means to contact the rest of the world.

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They were stuck on an ice
sheet in the Antarctic Ocean.

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An ice sheet
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On this sheet, there
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the crew set up
their camp there.

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First, they decided to check
account of their belongings.

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What did they have with them?

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How much food and
water did they have?

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They found that they
had three small boats.

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One sledge, with which they
could move on the ice sheet.

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Some important
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and about one month's ration.

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Only one month's food.

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There was only a little
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So many had to sleep on the ice.

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Most of them
slept close together

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to avoid being frozen.

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It was nearly impossible for a
ship passing by to find them there.

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Because they were
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No other ship ventured there.

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It had been over an year since
they last saw other humans.

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The rest of the world didn't even
know for sure if they were alive or not.

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Neither could they
send any messages.

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Nor did they expect any help.

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Shackleton had only one thing.

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Faith on his skills
and experience.

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But how long could this faith
keep him and his crew alive?

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What would they do once
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Setting up a camp on the ice
wasn't an infallible solution either.

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Because the ice
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They needed land.

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Shackleton ran his
calculations and estimations.

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He believed that the nearest
land was the Paulet Island.

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About 550 km across the icy sea.

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An island at the
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Ironically, in 1903,

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after a Swedish ship got stuck, some rescue
gear was left behind on Paulet Island.

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So that if another ship got
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they could rely on
this island for rescue.

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That gear had been bought
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And, 12 years later,
Shackleton needed it the most.

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The crew collectively decided
to try to go to the Paulet Island.

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Carrying their stuff
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And so Shackleton ordered

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that each person was allowed to carry
only up to 2 pounds of necessary luggage.

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Many of them had brought
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But Shackleton reminded them that
nothing was more precious than their life.

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Shackleton left behind some
gold coins and his Bible in the snow.

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The photographer Frank Hurley
had taken around 400 photos.

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He had the negatives
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but because of the
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he could carry only
150 negatives with him.

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These 150 photos later presented
this historical event to the world.

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A few weeks later, due
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the puppies living with
the crew had to be killed.

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They had nothing else to eat.

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After a few days of preparation, the
goods were loaded onto boats and sledges.

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Each boat weighed about 1 tonne.

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It wasn't easy to pull them.

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Fate wasn't on their side.

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Because by then, summer
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and temperatures
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Causing the surface of the
ice sheet to became softer

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making it difficult
to pull their luggage.

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After 3 hours of hard work,

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when the crew looked back

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they saw that they
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The road ahead
kept getting worse.

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Shackleton decided to camp there

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until this ice sheet
floated closer to land.

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The ice sheet on which
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was later named Ocean Camp.

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Shackleton delegated some work
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so that they won't be
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On 21st November 2015,

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the pressure on the rear of
Endurance had increased so much that

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the ship began
bouncing on the water.

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It was airborne for a while,

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before sinking
completely under the ice.

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The crew members were only a
few kilometres away from the ship.

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They witnessed
this entire incident.

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Although they had
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but seeing it sink like this,

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left a deep emotional
shock on them.

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As if their last link with
the world had broken.

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Only the ice sheet remained,

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and the Ocean
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Over the next few
days, things went well.

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But a few weeks later,

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this ice sheet started
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Further away from land.

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So on 23rd December 1915,

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Shackleton decided to
leave the Ocean Camp.

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And once again,
he decided to walk.

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But after walking
a few kilometres,

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suddenly, they were faced
with thin ice and water.

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They could neither
move forward nor back.

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Once again, they set
camp on this ice sheet.

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Looking at the food shortage,

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Shackleton put in
some strict controls.

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The crew was given
one biscuit a day.

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Some diluted milk, some
cocoa, and a small amount of

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high-fat meat paste from
the cans they were carrying.

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Apart from this, the crew started hunting
the seals and penguins they could find.

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In reality, there was a
frightening food shortage,

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but Shackleton would often lie to his
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to keep them motivated.

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"Don't worry, lads."

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"There's enough
food to keep us alive."

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He knew that if they wanted
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it would take a long time.

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As such, the thing
they'd need the most,

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was mental strength.

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This is true for
us too, friends.

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To overcome most challenges,

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you need to be mentally strong.

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In India, a living
example of this is,

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Dinaz Vervatwala.

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In 2005, Dinaz faced a crisis.

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There was a fire at her home.

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After she left the hospital bed,
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Now let's get back to our topic.

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For many months, they
lived in this new camp.

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Thankfully, the ice sheet
moved in the right direction.

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Days changed into weeks
and weeks into months.

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Eventually, a new year begins.

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And in the morning
of 23rd March 1916,

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Shackleton could see
something beyond the fog.

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As the fog cleared,

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they could see mountains.

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Shackleton recognised
it as the Joinville Island.

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But being about to see
Joinville Island wasn't that great.

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Because this island was located
at the very tip of the peninsula.

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It meant that they had floated
so far on the ice sheet that

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they had left Paulette
Island behind.

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Joinville Island was only 57
miles away from Paulette Island.

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But in the west, at
a 90-degree angle,

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there was a lot of
ice in the middle.

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It was nearly impossible
to cross this ice.

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So, Shackleton
went back to his map.

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He could see that if they
continued floating towards north,

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there would be only two
more islands on the way.

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Clarence Island
and Elephant Island.

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After this, there would be nothing
but water for thousands of kilometres.

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An ocean with waves so high,

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that the chance of their survival
would go down to almost zero.

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The water between the
southernmost tip of South America and

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the northernmost tip of Antarctica
is called the Drake's Passage.

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It is the most dangerous
water body in the world.

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With waves as high as 12 metres.

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More than 20,000
sailors have lost their lives

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in Drake's Passage.

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And over the years, there
have been at least 800 ships,

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that have sunk in
this Drake's Passage.

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Friends, even now in 2025,

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if you try to cross
this passage on a ship,

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you will see such scenes.

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The Drake's Passage rocks
even the biggest cruise ships.

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So yes, Shackleton knew that

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if they reached Drake's
Passage floating on the ice sheet,

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they would all die.

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Meanwhile, the food
shortage had become severe,

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The waste meat scraps that
had been set aside for the dogs,

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humans had to now
eat the less smelly bits.

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To get drinkable water,

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everyone would hold a small can
filled with ice close to their bodies

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to melt the ice using
their body temperature,

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to get some clean
water to drink.

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But in these can, they could collect
only a few tablespoons of water at once.

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An interesting
fact here was that

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although there were
28 people in this crew,

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officially, they were
supposed to be only 27.

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In August 1914,

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when this ship
departed from Britain,

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the 28th person,
Blackborow, hid in the ship.

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Shackleton had already refused
to add Burrow to this crew.

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But still, he came
on board secretly.

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Later, when he was found out,

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Shackleton told him directly,

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that if they even
ran out of food,

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he would be the
first human they'll eat.

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Friends, you'd remember
the Miracle of Flight 571,

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I shared it with
you in this video,

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the survivors of that
flight had to resort to this.

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A shocking and
painful thing to do.

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Many people would
rather die than do this.

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But thankfully, Shackleton's
crew didn't have to go this far.

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They were lucky to have
spotted a sea leopard one day.

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They hunted it,

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to get about 1,000
pounds of meat.

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Apart from this, many crew
members killed their dogs

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to be eaten.

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After this, thankfully, for the next few
months, there was no shortage of food.

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7th April 1916,

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floating on the ice sheet,

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the crew finally
spotted Clarence Island.

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They estimated that it was
about 83 km to the north.

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This island renewed their hope.

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But then suddenly, the
wind changed direction.

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The wind started
blowing eastwards.

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There were no
islands in the east.

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There was no land.

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In a few hours, Shackleton
and his crew lost all hope.

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The ice sheet on which
they had set up their camp,

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was getting smaller.

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By this point, it was
only 50 meters long.

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It was getting dangerous for the
crew to remain on this ice sheet.

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So, Shackleton decided

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to load the crew members
in these three boats,

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and move forward
towards Clarence Island.

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Not only did they have
to wade through water

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but also other ice
sheets and icebergs.

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Some way ahead, they came
upon another solid ice sheet.

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There, they set up a new camp.

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But as soon as they
set up their camp,

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a crack started forming
on this ice sheet.

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And accidentally, one of their
crew members fell into the water.

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That was Fireman Ernie Holness.

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The rest of the crew tried to
get him out of the water quickly.

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But before they got the
chance to catch their breath,

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this ice sheet
broke apart into two.

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Shackleton was left
alone on one part,

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and the rest of the crew was swept
away into the darkness on the other part.

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No one knew what to do.

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Their leader, their commander who
had been leading them for so long,

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suddenly disappeared
into the darkness.

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Luckily, they heard
Shackleton in the darkness.

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"Bring a boat."

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After this, some crew members
brought Shackleton back on a boat.

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After reuniting with his crew,

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Shackleton asked
about Holness first.

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He was shivering a lot.

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After falling into the water, the
risk of hypothermia increased.

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There was no
way to light a fire.

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If nothing could be done,

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he would die shivering.

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Shackleton used his skills
and experience once again

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and ordered him
to keep walking until

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his body heat could dry
the clothes on his body.

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This poor boy kept
walking the entire night.

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And eventually, this
helped dry his clothes.

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He stopped feeling
abnormally cold.

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Meanwhile, the wind kept
changing its direction repeatedly.

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The ice sheet would go
one way and then another.

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They changed their
target four times.

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First, they believed that they
would reach Clarence Island.

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Then they thought they would
reach King George Island.

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They even thought of Hope Bay.

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And finally, they decided
to go to Elephant Island.

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Elephant Island is the last
island before Drake's Passage.

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It was 160 km away from
them to the north-west.

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Since the iceberg was
already moving northwards,

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the temperature was
getting warmer slowly.

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The temperature
had reached -8°C.

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The ice cover around
them was getting lighter.

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But on the other
hand, it also meant that

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fresh water supply
was decreasing.

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They had almost
run out of water.

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Everyone's lips were swollen
and chipped due to thirst.

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Their throats were so dry that
it was difficult to swallow food.

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Everyone was given raw seal meat

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so that the blood would
make it easier to swallow.

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Meanwhile, their ice sheet was
slowly floating towards Elephant Island.

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They were only 50 km
away from Elephant Island.

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Shackleton ordered all boats to
be brought down into the water

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this last leg of their
journey would be on boats.

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On 15th April 1916,

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the crew could not
believe their fate.

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The three boats
reached the island safely

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and after being on
water for 497 days,

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the crew members were
finally standing on land.

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"Having been through hell,

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this desolate,
uninhabited, lump of rock,

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seemed nothing short of heaven."

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They couldn't believe that their
feet were actually on solid ground.

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And not on ice.

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00:21:43,205 --> 00:21:44,577
Everyone was ecstatic.

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00:21:44,577 --> 00:21:47,889
But they didn't know that
their problems weren't over yet.

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The legs of Blackborow, one of the
crew members, had stopped working.

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00:21:51,488 --> 00:21:55,911
Another crew member, Rickinson, suffered a
heart attack after they reached the island.

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But somehow, he still survived.

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The biggest problem was that Elephant
Island was completely uninhabited.

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No humans lived there.

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Neither did it have rescue
supplies nor a way to contact others.

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This island was located in
a place where no one went.

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No ship passed by.

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Their problem remained the same.

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How could they get back home?

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Looking at the map,
Shackleton saw three options.

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First, going to Cape Horn,

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South America's
southernmost tip,

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about 800 km to the north-west.

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Second option, going
to the Falkland Islands,

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about 880 km away to
the east of South America.

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Or the third option
was to get help

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in South Georgia
Island to the north-east,

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1,300 km away.

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Options 1 and 2 were closer.

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But going there meant traversing
through Drake's Passage.

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Shackleton chose
the third option.

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He believed that the sea and
the air would support them more

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if they went to
South Georgia Island.

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The crew was so exhausted that

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it was not possible to
bring everyone along.

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Shackleton decided to
take a small team of five

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to go to South Georgia by boat.

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Once there, they will
ask for help from a ship.

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And the team
stranded on the island

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will set up their camp
on Elephant Island.

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On 24th April 1916,

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Shackleton and his
team of five people,

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set out for South
Georgia Island.

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If you look at their
planned route on the map,

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you will see that they cannot
avoid Drake's Passage completely.

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They would need to cross
Drake's Passage to reach the island.

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But there was no better option.

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In this small paddle boat,

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they entered the world's
most dangerous water body.

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To travel such a long distance,

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they would take turns to
row the boat for 4 hours

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and rest for 4 hours.

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00:23:50,936 --> 00:23:54,078
But how well could they
rest in this small boat?

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Their journey was spent getting drenched by
the waves, vomiting, and being exhausted.

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In April, winter
begins for Antarctica.

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The sun would be in the
sky for a few hours only.

485
00:24:06,678 --> 00:24:10,271
And they'd be in the dark
for more than 20 hours.

486
00:24:10,270 --> 00:24:12,895
These few hours of
sunlight were crucial.

487
00:24:12,895 --> 00:24:16,282
Because on then could
they use their sextant

488
00:24:16,282 --> 00:24:17,923
to navigate the direction.

489
00:24:17,923 --> 00:24:22,170
Whether they were sailing
towards the correct direction.

490
00:24:22,170 --> 00:24:24,647
They kept sailing for hours.

491
00:24:24,646 --> 00:24:26,571
Hours changed into days.

492
00:24:26,571 --> 00:24:28,978
On the way, water
would get into their boat.

493
00:24:28,979 --> 00:24:31,160
And they'd pump it out.

494
00:24:31,160 --> 00:24:32,886
A few times, there
were such big waves that

495
00:24:32,885 --> 00:24:34,745
it almost sunk the boat.

496
00:24:38,440 --> 00:24:41,333
For a while, it seemed like
the boat wouldn't survive.

497
00:24:41,333 --> 00:24:43,951
But by chance, they survived
and kept moving forward.

498
00:24:43,951 --> 00:24:46,663
They had some food
with them in the boat.

499
00:24:46,663 --> 00:24:48,247
But there was a problem.

500
00:24:48,247 --> 00:24:51,860
There wasn't enough space on the
deck for them to sit up straight and eat.

501
00:24:51,859 --> 00:24:54,153
That's why they couldn't
swallow the food properly.

502
00:24:54,153 --> 00:24:57,376
So they had to lie down to eat.

503
00:24:57,376 --> 00:25:00,782
The condition on this
boat was so difficult that

504
00:25:00,782 --> 00:25:03,825
Shackleton's courage
was slipping away from him.

505
00:25:03,826 --> 00:25:06,780
It was getting too
difficult for him.

506
00:25:06,780 --> 00:25:09,763
When a bird started
to circle their boat,

507
00:25:09,763 --> 00:25:11,577
he started shouting
at it in anger.

508
00:25:11,577 --> 00:25:15,112
This pent up frustration
was eating at his courage.

509
00:25:20,000 --> 00:25:22,577
But eventually,
after sailing for days,

510
00:25:22,577 --> 00:25:24,548
they were close
to their destination.

511
00:25:24,548 --> 00:25:27,963
They were only 3 miles away
from South Georgia Island.

512
00:25:27,963 --> 00:25:30,259
But before they could celebrate,

513
00:25:30,259 --> 00:25:32,760
there was a sudden sea storm.

514
00:25:32,760 --> 00:25:34,960
Their boat was
stuck in this storm.

515
00:25:34,960 --> 00:25:37,405
The waves got uncontrollable.

516
00:25:37,405 --> 00:25:40,976
The boat kept
bouncing and crashing.

517
00:25:40,977 --> 00:25:43,585
These people had
no more strength.

518
00:25:43,585 --> 00:25:46,704
They put their
paddles and gave up.

519
00:25:46,704 --> 00:25:49,541
The storm kept throwing
their boat this way and that.

520
00:25:51,256 --> 00:25:53,892
A few hours later, when
the winds calmed down,

521
00:25:53,892 --> 00:25:55,577
and the clouds started to clear,

522
00:25:55,577 --> 00:25:59,134
they saw the South
Georgia Island.

523
00:25:59,134 --> 00:26:00,912
There was only
one mile left to go.

524
00:26:00,912 --> 00:26:02,438
Seeing this island,

525
00:26:02,438 --> 00:26:05,386
they used all their
remaining strength

526
00:26:05,385 --> 00:26:08,287
all of them started paddling.

527
00:26:08,287 --> 00:26:10,057
The waves were
quite strong still.

528
00:26:10,057 --> 00:26:11,923
Shackleton started feeling that

529
00:26:11,923 --> 00:26:13,538
the end was near.

530
00:26:13,538 --> 00:26:15,578
The boat felt stationary.

531
00:26:15,578 --> 00:26:17,782
But in reality,
slowly but surely,

532
00:26:17,782 --> 00:26:20,876
they were moving
closer to the island.

533
00:26:20,876 --> 00:26:24,894
After fighting with the storms, winds,
and water for three consecutive weeks,

534
00:26:24,894 --> 00:26:27,707
finally on 10th May 1916,

535
00:26:27,707 --> 00:26:31,100
they set foot on the
South Georgia Island.

536
00:26:34,169 --> 00:26:36,963
The same island from
which they had set out

537
00:26:36,987 --> 00:26:39,779
on their journey to
Antarctica 522 days ago.

538
00:26:39,779 --> 00:26:42,090
A wave of happiness
ran through them.

539
00:26:42,090 --> 00:26:44,796
Shackleton and the crew
members hugged each other.

540
00:26:44,797 --> 00:26:47,075
But this wasn't the
end of their struggles.

541
00:26:47,075 --> 00:26:49,728
Actually, friends, the
South Georgia Island

542
00:26:49,728 --> 00:26:52,029
is more than 100 km long.

543
00:26:52,029 --> 00:26:54,020
The beach they had landed on,

544
00:26:54,020 --> 00:26:57,309
was on the other side
of the human settlement.

545
00:26:57,309 --> 00:27:00,656
Let's find the place where
they landed on the map.

546
00:27:00,656 --> 00:27:03,247
The human settlement
and the whaling station

547
00:27:03,271 --> 00:27:06,287
were exactly on the
opposite side of this island.

548
00:27:06,287 --> 00:27:09,932
They were now faced with two
ways to get to the whaling station.

549
00:27:09,932 --> 00:27:15,150
First, getting back on the boat
and travelling 130 miles by sea,

550
00:27:15,150 --> 00:27:17,574
to get to the
north of the island.

551
00:27:17,574 --> 00:27:21,283
And the second option was to
walk to the north of the island.

552
00:27:21,282 --> 00:27:23,630
They had to walk only 29 miles.

553
00:27:23,631 --> 00:27:28,496
But the problem was that there are such
dangerous mountains on South Georgia Island

554
00:27:28,496 --> 00:27:31,123
that no person in history

555
00:27:31,123 --> 00:27:33,788
had been able to
cross this island on foot.

556
00:27:37,693 --> 00:27:40,884
It was considered impossible
to cross this island on foot.

557
00:27:40,884 --> 00:27:43,531
So, obviously,
they chose the boat.

558
00:27:43,531 --> 00:27:45,776
But, of course, there
was yet another problem.

559
00:27:45,777 --> 00:27:48,896
Their boat had been so badly
damaged by the rough waves that

560
00:27:48,896 --> 00:27:51,634
it wasn't in a
suitable condition.

561
00:27:52,192 --> 00:27:55,487
They had no other
option than to walk.

562
00:27:55,487 --> 00:27:58,523
"The alternative was to
attempt crossing the island.

563
00:27:58,922 --> 00:28:02,227
The island of South Georgia had
never been crossed by anybody.

564
00:28:02,227 --> 00:28:04,930
The whalers regarded the
country as inaccessible."

565
00:28:04,930 --> 00:28:07,363
Shackleton was not
one to give up now.

566
00:28:07,363 --> 00:28:09,152
Not at this point.

567
00:28:09,152 --> 00:28:11,597
They had endured so
much over the past year,

568
00:28:11,597 --> 00:28:13,259
they couldn't give up now.

569
00:28:13,259 --> 00:28:16,006
To survive, they were
now faced with a challenge

570
00:28:16,029 --> 00:28:19,446
no human had ever attempted before.

571
00:28:19,446 --> 00:28:26,176
These 10,000-foot-high snowy
mountains had to be crossed some how.

572
00:28:29,723 --> 00:28:34,677
Shackleton decided to first rest
and build back their lost strength.

573
00:28:34,678 --> 00:28:40,162
So they stayed in a cave
and ate for the next 9 days.

574
00:28:40,162 --> 00:28:42,910
Thankfully, there was no
shortage of food on this island,

575
00:28:42,910 --> 00:28:46,334
the island was swarming with
albatrosses, seals, and penguins.

576
00:28:46,334 --> 00:28:48,068
After resting for 9 days,

577
00:28:48,068 --> 00:28:51,183
on 19th May 1916,
at around 3 AM,

578
00:28:51,183 --> 00:28:53,244
they set off from
the King Haakon Bay.

579
00:28:53,244 --> 00:28:55,869
He had only two other
crew members with him,

580
00:28:55,869 --> 00:28:57,591
Worsley and Crean.

581
00:28:57,592 --> 00:28:59,438
"Worsley and Crean
were coming with me.

582
00:28:59,438 --> 00:29:03,272
And after consultation, we decided
to leave sleeping bags behind,

583
00:29:03,271 --> 00:29:05,915
and make the journey in
very light marching order."

584
00:29:05,915 --> 00:29:08,355
And now their first
challenge was that

585
00:29:08,355 --> 00:29:11,541
no one knew where to go and how.

586
00:29:11,541 --> 00:29:14,271
The snow was up to their knees.

587
00:29:14,271 --> 00:29:17,348
The mountains were so high
that they couldn't see beyond them.

588
00:29:17,627 --> 00:29:19,089
They climbed the
mountains one after another,

589
00:29:19,089 --> 00:29:21,827
and looked for the
way from the top.

590
00:29:21,827 --> 00:29:24,122
If they couldn't find a
way, they would go back.

591
00:29:24,122 --> 00:29:25,988
This happened several times.

592
00:29:25,988 --> 00:29:28,841
They climbed as many
mountains as they could see.

593
00:29:28,840 --> 00:29:32,540
On some mountains, they found
deep gorges and on others, walls of rock.

594
00:29:32,540 --> 00:29:34,723
Whenever they couldn't
find a way to go ahead,

595
00:29:34,723 --> 00:29:36,877
they retreated
and got back down,

596
00:29:36,877 --> 00:29:38,489
to climb another mountain.

597
00:29:38,489 --> 00:29:40,757
"With the complete
clearance of the mist, we saw,

598
00:29:40,757 --> 00:29:42,432
to our sharp disappointment,

599
00:29:42,432 --> 00:29:44,882
what we had taken
for a frozen lake,

600
00:29:44,882 --> 00:29:46,504
was an arm of the sea.

601
00:29:46,503 --> 00:29:48,032
Shackleton said grimly,

602
00:29:48,032 --> 00:29:50,540
'We shall have to go
on to the next, boys.'

603
00:29:50,880 --> 00:29:53,153
This happened three times."

604
00:29:53,153 --> 00:29:56,673
Over the next few days, they had
climbed all the surrounding mountains.

605
00:29:56,673 --> 00:29:58,436
Even after climbing
the last mountain,

606
00:29:58,436 --> 00:29:59,639
they couldn't find anything new.

607
00:29:59,640 --> 00:30:01,425
They were staring
at a deep valley.

608
00:30:01,424 --> 00:30:03,937
With a steep and
dangerous slope.

609
00:30:05,770 --> 00:30:07,735
"The situation
looked grim enough;

610
00:30:07,736 --> 00:30:09,872
fog had cut off our retreat,

611
00:30:09,872 --> 00:30:11,471
darkness covered our advance.

612
00:30:12,109 --> 00:30:13,962
it was useless to
continue in this fashion."

613
00:30:14,400 --> 00:30:16,680
By then, they couldn't
retreat any more.

614
00:30:16,680 --> 00:30:19,243
They tied themselves
along a rope

615
00:30:19,242 --> 00:30:22,153
and started cutting
stairs into the mountain.

616
00:30:22,153 --> 00:30:26,016
Literally, they made stairs
to climb down the mountain.

617
00:30:26,016 --> 00:30:27,989
After descending for some time,

618
00:30:27,989 --> 00:30:30,607
they spotted the
Stromness Whaling Station.

619
00:30:30,607 --> 00:30:34,060
And other humans!

620
00:30:34,060 --> 00:30:36,559
After climbing the
mountains for 36 hours,

621
00:30:36,559 --> 00:30:38,461
on 20th May 1916,

622
00:30:38,461 --> 00:30:40,844
Shackleton, Worsley, and Crean

623
00:30:40,844 --> 00:30:44,245
successfully crossed the
Allardyce mountain range

624
00:30:44,244 --> 00:30:47,664
and reached the
Stromness whaling station.

625
00:30:51,601 --> 00:30:53,577
It was the first
time in history that

626
00:30:53,576 --> 00:30:56,837
someone had crossed the
South Georgia Island on foot.

627
00:30:56,837 --> 00:30:59,490
The level of impossible
feat they achieved

628
00:30:59,490 --> 00:31:01,333
can be understood by

629
00:31:01,333 --> 00:31:05,621
after Shackleton, this
was done only in 1955.

630
00:31:05,621 --> 00:31:09,792
By expert climbers
with full preparation.

631
00:31:09,791 --> 00:31:13,118
Shackleton had neither
tents nor sleeping bags.

632
00:31:13,118 --> 00:31:17,356
They had courage,
determination, and a strong will.

633
00:31:18,114 --> 00:31:22,784
When Shackleton and his companions
finally reached the whaling station,

634
00:31:22,784 --> 00:31:26,501
it was difficult to identify
whether they were humans.

635
00:31:26,500 --> 00:31:28,241
Their beards had grown too long.

636
00:31:28,241 --> 00:31:30,599
Their faces were dark.

637
00:31:30,599 --> 00:31:32,222
With only their eyes visible.

638
00:31:32,222 --> 00:31:34,482
Their clothes were all torn.

639
00:31:34,482 --> 00:31:38,033
Eventually, the factory manager
at the station recognised them,

640
00:31:38,034 --> 00:31:39,595
and identified
him as Shackleton,

641
00:31:39,595 --> 00:31:43,458
the guy who had gone missing with
his team in Antarctica two years ago.

642
00:31:43,458 --> 00:31:46,041
Every person at the
South Georgia station

643
00:31:46,040 --> 00:31:48,311
knew Shackleton
and his crew's story.

644
00:31:48,311 --> 00:31:50,760
Everyone knew about
it as a painful incident.

645
00:31:51,200 --> 00:31:53,730
The man who died with his ship.

646
00:31:53,730 --> 00:31:59,948
They couldn't believe that the same man was
standing in front of them two years later.

647
00:31:59,948 --> 00:32:02,894
The factory manager gave them
food and new clothes immediately.

648
00:32:02,894 --> 00:32:04,640
And a bed to sleep in.

649
00:32:04,640 --> 00:32:06,720
The three bathed and shaved.

650
00:32:06,720 --> 00:32:10,535
And the next day, Worsley
arrived at King Haakon in a boat

651
00:32:10,535 --> 00:32:13,394
to rescue their three
other companions.

652
00:32:13,394 --> 00:32:17,067
The three people who were still waiting for
Shackleton on the other side of the island.

653
00:32:17,480 --> 00:32:19,298
But Shackleton's
real concern now was

654
00:32:19,298 --> 00:32:22,507
the 22 crew members
stranded on Elephant Island.

655
00:32:22,507 --> 00:32:26,400
It had been more than a
month since they last saw them.

656
00:32:26,400 --> 00:32:28,388
Were they still alive?

657
00:32:29,105 --> 00:32:33,790
In such dire situation, would you be able
to remain motivated enough to survive?

658
00:32:33,790 --> 00:32:35,707
Especially when
you don't even know

659
00:32:35,708 --> 00:32:39,602
if your Captains could successfully
cross Drake's Passage or not.

660
00:32:39,602 --> 00:32:42,931
On the other hand, will anyone
come to rescue you or not?

661
00:32:45,083 --> 00:32:46,998
Tell me the truth in
the comments below.

662
00:32:46,998 --> 00:32:49,836
How long will you be
able to survive like this?

663
00:32:49,836 --> 00:32:55,359
Shackleton tried his best to rescue them
from Elephant Island as soon as possible.

664
00:32:55,359 --> 00:32:57,938
But when he reached
there with another ship,

665
00:32:57,939 --> 00:33:01,370
once again, the rescue
ship got stuck in the ice.

666
00:33:01,369 --> 00:33:03,145
He tried again,
but it didn't work.

667
00:33:03,145 --> 00:33:04,859
The same thing
happened the third time.

668
00:33:04,859 --> 00:33:09,488
In three months, he tried thrice to
go to Elephant Island to rescue them.

669
00:33:09,489 --> 00:33:12,730
But he had to turn back
his ship all three times.

670
00:33:12,730 --> 00:33:16,372
As time passed, Shackleton's
kept getting more and more worried.

671
00:33:16,372 --> 00:33:19,220
He specially requested
the British government

672
00:33:19,220 --> 00:33:20,803
to give him an
ice-breaking ship.

673
00:33:20,803 --> 00:33:22,729
He was given a
ship called Discovery,

674
00:33:22,729 --> 00:33:26,259
but it would have taken
some more weeks to arrive.

675
00:33:26,259 --> 00:33:28,558
Shackleton was
in no mood to wait.

676
00:33:28,558 --> 00:33:31,368
He didn't know how long
would they be able to hold out.

677
00:33:34,199 --> 00:33:36,877
Another ship was requested
from the Chilean government.

678
00:33:36,876 --> 00:33:39,307
He was given a
ship named Yelcho.

679
00:33:39,307 --> 00:33:42,163
On 25th August 1916,

680
00:33:42,163 --> 00:33:45,844
he left for Elephant Island
again aboard this ship.

681
00:33:50,307 --> 00:33:52,069
It took him about 6 days,

682
00:33:52,069 --> 00:33:56,923
but this time, he reached Elephant
Island successfully on 30th August.

683
00:33:58,039 --> 00:34:03,530
He was shocked by what he
saw when he reached the island.

684
00:34:03,531 --> 00:34:07,134
Actually, these 22 people who
remained on Elephant Island,

685
00:34:07,134 --> 00:34:10,092
Shackleton knew that
they would need leadership.

686
00:34:10,092 --> 00:34:13,927
Or else, they would get
depressed and frustrated.

687
00:34:13,927 --> 00:34:18,447
So, Shackleton made one of
them, Frank Wilde, the leader.

688
00:34:18,447 --> 00:34:20,423
After Shackleton left,

689
00:34:20,423 --> 00:34:24,422
on Frank Wilde's orders, they built a
shelter by turning over the two boats.

690
00:34:24,422 --> 00:34:27,474
They remained
there for 128 days.

691
00:34:27,474 --> 00:34:30,847
They used to hunt penguins
and seals to feed themselves.

692
00:34:30,847 --> 00:34:32,974
Amidst the cold, hunger,
and disappointment,

693
00:34:32,974 --> 00:34:35,739
Frank Wilde repeated the
same thing every morning.

694
00:34:35,739 --> 00:34:37,387
'Pack your bags, friends.

695
00:34:37,387 --> 00:34:38,637
The boss can come today.'

696
00:34:38,637 --> 00:34:40,246
Boss referred to Shackleton.

697
00:34:40,246 --> 00:34:41,778
But the boss didn't come.

698
00:34:41,778 --> 00:34:44,503
Days changed into weeks
and weeks into months.

699
00:34:44,503 --> 00:34:45,795
But every morning,

700
00:34:45,795 --> 00:34:47,782
Frank would get up and
repeat the same thing.

701
00:34:47,782 --> 00:34:49,204
'Pack your bags, friends.

702
00:34:49,204 --> 00:34:50,842
The boss can come today.'

703
00:34:50,842 --> 00:34:53,157
Every morning, Frank
climbed the hill to check

704
00:34:53,157 --> 00:34:54,942
whether a ship arrived or not.

705
00:34:54,942 --> 00:34:57,056
And every evening, he
returned disappointed.

706
00:34:57,056 --> 00:35:00,101
After four months, people's
courage was beginning to wane.

707
00:35:00,101 --> 00:35:02,054
Things were
getting more difficult.

708
00:35:02,054 --> 00:35:06,184
Blackborow's leg
was grossly infected.

709
00:35:06,184 --> 00:35:08,547
It was a gangrene infection.

710
00:35:08,547 --> 00:35:11,186
So they had to cut off this leg.

711
00:35:11,186 --> 00:35:12,778
With every passing day,

712
00:35:12,778 --> 00:35:15,289
they were closer to
believing that Shackleton

713
00:35:15,313 --> 00:35:17,536
couldn't actually
reach South Georgia.

714
00:35:17,536 --> 00:35:20,394
His boat might have
sunk on the way.

715
00:35:32,079 --> 00:35:35,490
It had been 4 months and
6 days since Shackleton left.

716
00:35:35,490 --> 00:35:38,684
Frank Wilde had
decided to move ahead.

717
00:35:38,684 --> 00:35:42,077
At Frank's order, they
really packed their bags.

718
00:35:42,077 --> 00:35:43,826
But not in the hopes
of being rescued,

719
00:35:43,826 --> 00:35:47,896
this time, they
were planning to sail.

720
00:35:47,896 --> 00:35:52,406
They started preparing to
leave for Deception Island.

721
00:35:52,405 --> 00:35:55,202
But before they could
leave Elephant Island,

722
00:35:55,202 --> 00:35:58,032
they spotted
something far in the sea.

723
00:35:58,032 --> 00:36:00,985
A huge ship was
sailing towards them.

724
00:36:02,739 --> 00:36:04,866
This was the ship Yelcho.

725
00:36:04,867 --> 00:36:08,475
Once the ship was close enough, they
could see their commander and boss,

726
00:36:08,474 --> 00:36:09,768
Shackleton.

727
00:36:09,768 --> 00:36:12,309
"From the man on duty
outside, we heard a sudden yell.

728
00:36:12,746 --> 00:36:14,119
'Wilde,' he shouted, 'Wilde!'

729
00:36:14,119 --> 00:36:15,088
'There's a ship!'

730
00:36:15,088 --> 00:36:16,291
'Haven't we better
light a flare?'"

731
00:36:21,153 --> 00:36:24,143
Their boss was finally
there to rescue them.

732
00:36:24,143 --> 00:36:26,393
Shackleton was
stunned to see them.

733
00:36:26,393 --> 00:36:28,740
All 22 of them were alive.

734
00:36:28,740 --> 00:36:31,210
They hadn't given up.

735
00:36:31,210 --> 00:36:35,539
After fighting with ice, mountains,
and oceans for almost 2 years,

736
00:36:35,539 --> 00:36:38,826
Shackleton and his
crew returned home.

737
00:36:39,742 --> 00:36:42,561
"When we landed, they
welcomed us so heartily,

738
00:36:42,561 --> 00:36:45,239
that they nearly pushed
us into the sea again."

739
00:37:03,454 --> 00:37:05,380
It was truly miraculous.

740
00:37:05,380 --> 00:37:07,802
Shackleton left with 27 people.

741
00:37:07,802 --> 00:37:11,434
And returned with all 27 people.

742
00:37:11,434 --> 00:37:14,391
It was possible only because of
Shackleton's leadership and courage,

743
00:37:14,391 --> 00:37:15,698
the determination of the crew,

744
00:37:15,699 --> 00:37:17,334
and their unbreakable teamwork.

745
00:37:17,333 --> 00:37:19,957
Friends, 106 years
after this incident,

746
00:37:19,958 --> 00:37:21,396
in 2022,

747
00:37:21,396 --> 00:37:24,693
investigators were doing
some research in the sea.

748
00:37:24,693 --> 00:37:27,907
Then, in the Weddell Sea,
10,000 feet below the surface,

749
00:37:27,907 --> 00:37:31,675
they found Shackleton's
ship, Endurance.

750
00:37:31,675 --> 00:37:34,240
"The state of preservation
is just absolutely brilliant.

751
00:37:34,239 --> 00:37:37,518
There are no wood-consuming
marine parasites in the Weddell Sea."

752
00:37:37,518 --> 00:37:39,559
It's truly amazing that

753
00:37:39,559 --> 00:37:42,445
it took us 106 years to find
the wreckage of this ship.

754
00:37:42,445 --> 00:37:44,373
And even after 106 years,

755
00:37:44,373 --> 00:37:46,456
since it sunk so
close to Antarctica,

756
00:37:46,456 --> 00:37:48,535
it is in remarkably
good condition.

757
00:37:48,534 --> 00:37:51,204
You can see the latest photos
of this ship on the screen,

758
00:37:51,204 --> 00:37:53,148
these were taken
a few years ago.

759
00:37:53,148 --> 00:37:56,171
And today, if you ever go
to South Georgia Island,

760
00:37:56,170 --> 00:37:58,885
you will find
Shackleton's grave there.

761
00:37:58,885 --> 00:38:01,460
He set out to
accomplish a historic feat.

762
00:38:01,460 --> 00:38:04,277
To be the first man to
walk across Antarctica.

763
00:38:04,277 --> 00:38:06,808
Although his
original plan failed,

764
00:38:06,809 --> 00:38:11,028
he did something
even more miraculous.

765
00:38:11,027 --> 00:38:13,250
Much more amazing.

766
00:38:16,320 --> 00:38:18,818
Friends, if you liked
this survival story,

767
00:38:18,818 --> 00:38:22,159
then an equally amazing
survival story is of

768
00:38:22,159 --> 00:38:23,891
the survivors of Flight 571.

769
00:38:23,891 --> 00:38:26,538
Another story
that tells you that

770
00:38:26,538 --> 00:38:31,099
if you have determination,
courage, and a strong will,

771
00:38:31,099 --> 00:38:34,230
you can make the
impossible possible.

772
00:38:34,230 --> 00:38:36,990
The link to join Dinaz's
Mind-Body Fitness Masterclass

773
00:38:37,014 --> 00:38:39,356
on Edarya is given in
the description below.

774
00:38:39,356 --> 00:38:43,503
And you can click here to learn
more about the survivors of Flight 571.

775
00:38:43,503 --> 00:38:45,105
Thank you very much!