WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.944 Hello, friends! 00:00:00.944 --> 00:00:02.788 On 4th November 1914, 00:00:02.787 --> 00:00:04.585 the British ship Endurance, 00:00:04.585 --> 00:00:06.779 crossed stormy seas, 00:00:06.780 --> 00:00:09.315 and was moving towards the world's most 00:00:09.339 --> 00:00:12.544 dangerous and mysterious continent, Antarctica. 00:00:14.839 --> 00:00:17.405 A crew of 28 people was aboard this ship. 00:00:17.405 --> 00:00:21.270 The command was led by an explorer, Sir Ernest Shackleton. 00:00:21.269 --> 00:00:25.195 He desired to achieve that which no one else had ever before. 00:00:25.196 --> 00:00:29.208 To walk across the continent of Antarctica. 00:00:31.519 --> 00:00:33.048 You heard it right, friends. 00:00:33.048 --> 00:00:37.467 In a time with no smartphone, no GPS, no modern technology, 00:00:37.468 --> 00:00:41.889 in the temperatures as brutal as -50°C on this icy continent, 00:00:41.889 --> 00:00:43.720 in the midst of snowstorms, 00:00:43.719 --> 00:00:45.406 from one edge to the another, 00:00:45.406 --> 00:00:47.455 he wanted to cross this continent on foot. 00:00:47.456 --> 00:00:51.215 He planned to reach the coast of Antarctica on this ship 00:00:51.215 --> 00:00:52.769 through the Weddell Sea. 00:00:52.768 --> 00:00:54.003 Look at the map. 00:00:54.003 --> 00:00:56.101 Their plan was to land here exactly 00:00:56.101 --> 00:00:59.509 and start trekking to the South Pole, 00:00:59.509 --> 00:01:03.490 crossing which, he would then walk across to the Ross Sea. 00:01:03.490 --> 00:01:06.882 In total, this trek spanned 2,900 km. 00:01:06.882 --> 00:01:08.891 If everything went according to the plan, 00:01:08.891 --> 00:01:11.823 it would've taken about 120 days to finish. 00:01:11.822 --> 00:01:14.899 But how badly did this plan fail, 00:01:14.900 --> 00:01:16.849 and the struggles they endured, 00:01:16.849 --> 00:01:21.762 neither they nor you can imagine it, friends. 00:01:29.519 --> 00:01:31.435 On 5th November 1914, 00:01:31.436 --> 00:01:35.543 Endurance reached a whaling station on the South Georgia Island. 00:01:35.543 --> 00:01:39.203 This was the last human settlement on their way. 00:01:39.203 --> 00:01:40.564 If you look at the map, 00:01:40.563 --> 00:01:43.647 this group of islands is present near the tip of South America. 00:01:43.647 --> 00:01:46.665 Just south of them is the protruding part of Antarctica. 00:01:46.665 --> 00:01:49.052 This is called the Antarctica Peninsula. 00:01:49.052 --> 00:01:51.585 Beside it is the Weddell Sea. 00:01:51.585 --> 00:01:55.790 A sea that is surrounded by Antarctica on three sides. 00:01:55.790 --> 00:01:58.947 Because of this, the ice cannot flow out easily. 00:01:58.947 --> 00:02:01.462 And there is a dense permanent layer of ice. 00:02:01.462 --> 00:02:03.329 The weather was bad that day. 00:02:03.328 --> 00:02:05.719 So were the conditions in the Weddell Sea. 00:02:05.719 --> 00:02:10.256 People told Shackleton to delay this mission. 00:02:10.256 --> 00:02:13.677 Because continuing in those conditions would be very risky. 00:02:13.677 --> 00:02:15.835 But Shackleton insisted. 00:02:15.835 --> 00:02:19.016 It didn't matter to him and they continued. 00:02:20.520 --> 00:02:22.523 5th December 1914. 00:02:22.522 --> 00:02:24.418 Endurance kept moving forward 00:02:24.419 --> 00:02:27.040 and soon, their worst fears came true. 00:02:27.039 --> 00:02:30.883 The ice in Weddell Sea was much heavier and denser than expected. 00:02:30.883 --> 00:02:33.152 But Shackleton kept moving forward. 00:02:33.152 --> 00:02:35.104 18th January 1915. 00:02:35.104 --> 00:02:37.729 After sailing along the edges of the ice for a while, 00:02:37.729 --> 00:02:40.334 the ship got stuck completely. 00:02:44.042 --> 00:02:46.185 A few days later, some crew members 00:02:46.185 --> 00:02:49.807 saw a 15 feet long chasm in the ice about 50 metres away from the ship. 00:02:49.806 --> 00:02:53.195 This chasm was their last hope to get free. 00:02:53.195 --> 00:02:57.704 For three hours, the ship was driven at full speed of the engines, 00:02:57.705 --> 00:03:00.395 to try and get out of the ice. 00:03:03.224 --> 00:03:05.328 But the ship didn't even budge an inch. 00:03:05.328 --> 00:03:07.074 The crew members got out of the ship 00:03:07.074 --> 00:03:10.593 and tried to cut through the ice with the tools they had at hand. 00:03:10.592 --> 00:03:11.759 But they failed. 00:03:11.759 --> 00:03:14.903 Gradually, the ice sheet on which this ship was stuck, 00:03:14.903 --> 00:03:17.359 was drifting further away from the land. 00:03:17.360 --> 00:03:20.554 The point on Antarctica where the crew was planning to land 00:03:20.554 --> 00:03:22.123 is called the Vahsel Bay. 00:03:22.123 --> 00:03:25.741 But this ship was drifting further away. 00:03:25.741 --> 00:03:27.435 They drifted away 60 miles. 00:03:27.436 --> 00:03:28.699 The problem was that 00:03:28.699 --> 00:03:31.943 there was water between the ice sheet and the Vahsel Bay. 00:03:32.420 --> 00:03:35.632 So the crew couldn't simply get down and walk to the Bay. 00:03:35.633 --> 00:03:39.567 And on the other hand, the ship was stuck in the ice. 00:03:40.000 --> 00:03:43.992 Months and weeks passed by trying to get the ship out. 00:03:48.258 --> 00:03:50.481 They knew that winter was coming. 00:03:50.481 --> 00:03:54.080 And there, winter means 24 hours of darkness. 00:03:54.080 --> 00:03:57.605 For weeks and months, they won't get even a single minute of sunlight. 00:03:57.605 --> 00:04:01.239 Shackleton ordered everyone to spend the winter on the ship. 00:04:01.239 --> 00:04:03.713 But winter meant that it would get even more colder. 00:04:03.713 --> 00:04:06.213 There'd be snowfall and snowstorms. 00:04:06.213 --> 00:04:09.277 The ship was under increasing pressure of the ice. 00:04:09.277 --> 00:04:13.383 A photographer, Frank Hurley, was also present on this ship with his camera. 00:04:13.383 --> 00:04:16.801 These photos were taken by him then. 00:04:16.802 --> 00:04:19.588 In these you can clearly see how the ice surrounding the ship, 00:04:19.588 --> 00:04:21.463 was crushing it. 00:04:21.463 --> 00:04:23.733 On 30th September 1915, 00:04:23.733 --> 00:04:26.530 cracks were visible on the ship. 00:04:26.529 --> 00:04:28.668 But the crew hadn't lost hope. 00:04:28.668 --> 00:04:32.312 On 24th October 1915, at 6:45 PM, 00:04:32.312 --> 00:04:34.701 suddenly, due to the immense pressure, 00:04:38.000 --> 00:04:41.180 the ice sheet broke apart and one of the pieces hit the ship. 00:04:41.180 --> 00:04:45.136 A heavy piece of ice broke Endurance's stern post, 00:04:45.136 --> 00:04:47.396 and water began to seep into the ship. 00:04:47.396 --> 00:04:49.656 The crew members set to work immediately. 00:04:49.656 --> 00:04:52.435 They tried to pump out the water. 00:04:52.435 --> 00:04:56.850 They kept at it for 3 days continuously. 00:04:56.850 --> 00:05:00.994 But the water was seeping in faster than it could be pumped out. 00:05:00.994 --> 00:05:03.805 The temperature was at -8.5°C. 00:05:03.805 --> 00:05:07.126 But the crew was neither scared nor nervous. 00:05:07.125 --> 00:05:10.340 Some of them tried to loosen the ice sheet surrounding the ship, 00:05:10.341 --> 00:05:11.980 to reduce the pressure on it. 00:05:11.980 --> 00:05:14.225 But this didn't work either. 00:05:14.225 --> 00:05:16.218 Water kept on seeping into the ship. 00:05:16.218 --> 00:05:17.834 Quite rapidly. 00:05:17.834 --> 00:05:20.066 While the pressure of the ice on the ship wasn't decreasing. 00:05:20.065 --> 00:05:22.307 Finally, Shackleton, gave up, 00:05:22.307 --> 00:05:25.165 and ordered the crew to leave the ship. 00:05:25.165 --> 00:05:26.399 To de-board. 00:05:30.000 --> 00:05:33.713 Looking at the situation, a crew member, Tom McLeod, said, 00:05:33.713 --> 00:05:37.245 that none of them would get back to their home. 00:05:37.245 --> 00:05:40.425 The ship had been stuck for more than 9 months. 00:05:40.425 --> 00:05:42.079 On 27th October 2015, 00:05:42.079 --> 00:05:44.308 a loud explosion was heard. 00:05:46.581 --> 00:05:50.213 When Shackleton turned back to witness something truly shocking. 00:05:50.213 --> 00:05:54.281 The ship's rear had suddenly risen 20 feet. 00:05:54.281 --> 00:05:56.918 The rudder and stern post broke apart. 00:05:56.918 --> 00:05:58.955 The ship's wooden parts started disintegrating. 00:05:58.956 --> 00:06:01.515 And the front of the ship was filled with water. 00:06:01.514 --> 00:06:06.144 Thankfully, the crew members had already abandoned the ship by then. 00:06:06.144 --> 00:06:08.603 After a while, the water turned into ice. 00:06:08.603 --> 00:06:13.649 And because of this added weight, the front of the ship began sinking. 00:06:13.649 --> 00:06:15.233 As the ship sunk, 00:06:15.233 --> 00:06:19.954 so did Shackleton's dream of crossing Antarctica by foot. 00:06:21.987 --> 00:06:24.840 But something much precious was at stake now. 00:06:24.839 --> 00:06:27.468 Could they return alive? 00:06:27.468 --> 00:06:32.997 The crew had no radio, no telephone, no means to contact the rest of the world. 00:06:32.997 --> 00:06:36.648 They were stuck on an ice sheet in the Antarctic Ocean. 00:06:36.648 --> 00:06:40.000 An ice sheet floating in the water. 00:06:41.680 --> 00:06:44.502 On this sheet, there was a big rock of ice, 00:06:44.502 --> 00:06:46.754 the crew set up their camp there. 00:06:46.754 --> 00:06:48.680 First, they decided to check account of their belongings. 00:06:48.680 --> 00:06:50.925 What did they have with them? 00:06:50.925 --> 00:06:53.079 How much food and water did they have? 00:06:53.079 --> 00:06:56.259 They found that they had three small boats. 00:06:56.259 --> 00:06:59.117 One sledge, with which they could move on the ice sheet. 00:06:59.117 --> 00:07:01.079 Some important personal items of the crew, 00:07:01.079 --> 00:07:03.468 and about one month's ration. 00:07:03.468 --> 00:07:05.310 Only one month's food. 00:07:05.310 --> 00:07:07.795 There was only a little place to sleep at night. 00:07:07.795 --> 00:07:10.056 So many had to sleep on the ice. 00:07:10.055 --> 00:07:12.728 Most of them slept close together 00:07:12.728 --> 00:07:14.350 to avoid being frozen. 00:07:14.350 --> 00:07:19.334 It was nearly impossible for a ship passing by to find them there. 00:07:19.334 --> 00:07:21.565 Because they were in the Antarctic Ocean. 00:07:21.565 --> 00:07:23.319 No other ship ventured there. 00:07:23.319 --> 00:07:26.699 It had been over an year since they last saw other humans. 00:07:26.699 --> 00:07:29.603 The rest of the world didn't even know for sure if they were alive or not. 00:07:29.603 --> 00:07:31.559 Neither could they send any messages. 00:07:31.559 --> 00:07:33.721 Nor did they expect any help. 00:07:33.721 --> 00:07:35.495 Shackleton had only one thing. 00:07:35.495 --> 00:07:39.023 Faith on his skills and experience. 00:07:39.023 --> 00:07:42.866 But how long could this faith keep him and his crew alive? 00:07:42.865 --> 00:07:46.070 What would they do once they used up the food? 00:07:46.071 --> 00:07:48.578 Setting up a camp on the ice wasn't an infallible solution either. 00:07:48.577 --> 00:07:50.572 Because the ice could break at any time. 00:07:50.572 --> 00:07:51.911 They needed land. 00:07:51.911 --> 00:07:54.858 Shackleton ran his calculations and estimations. 00:07:54.858 --> 00:07:59.127 He believed that the nearest land was the Paulet Island. 00:07:59.127 --> 00:08:03.056 About 550 km across the icy sea. 00:08:03.057 --> 00:08:06.102 An island at the tip of Antarctica. 00:08:06.101 --> 00:08:08.542 Ironically, in 1903, 00:08:08.543 --> 00:08:12.802 after a Swedish ship got stuck, some rescue gear was left behind on Paulet Island. 00:08:12.802 --> 00:08:15.507 So that if another ship got stuck in Antarctica in the future, 00:08:15.507 --> 00:08:18.014 they could rely on this island for rescue. 00:08:18.014 --> 00:08:20.574 That gear had been bought by Shackleton himself. 00:08:20.574 --> 00:08:24.143 And, 12 years later, Shackleton needed it the most. 00:08:24.142 --> 00:08:28.435 The crew collectively decided to try to go to the Paulet Island. 00:08:28.435 --> 00:08:32.039 Carrying their stuff with them on the sledge. 00:08:32.039 --> 00:08:33.783 And so Shackleton ordered 00:08:33.783 --> 00:08:37.683 that each person was allowed to carry only up to 2 pounds of necessary luggage. 00:08:37.683 --> 00:08:41.442 Many of them had brought their personal items from the ship. 00:08:41.442 --> 00:08:45.892 But Shackleton reminded them that nothing was more precious than their life. 00:08:45.892 --> 00:08:50.299 Shackleton left behind some gold coins and his Bible in the snow. 00:08:50.298 --> 00:08:53.792 The photographer Frank Hurley had taken around 400 photos. 00:08:53.792 --> 00:08:55.327 He had the negatives of the photos, 00:08:55.327 --> 00:08:57.286 but because of the 2 pound restriction, 00:08:57.287 --> 00:09:00.541 he could carry only 150 negatives with him. 00:09:00.541 --> 00:09:06.299 These 150 photos later presented this historical event to the world. 00:09:06.298 --> 00:09:08.620 A few weeks later, due to the shortage of food, 00:09:08.620 --> 00:09:11.576 the puppies living with the crew had to be killed. 00:09:11.576 --> 00:09:13.168 They had nothing else to eat. 00:09:23.770 --> 00:09:28.049 After a few days of preparation, the goods were loaded onto boats and sledges. 00:09:28.049 --> 00:09:30.736 Each boat weighed about 1 tonne. 00:09:30.736 --> 00:09:32.824 It wasn't easy to pull them. 00:09:32.825 --> 00:09:34.642 Fate wasn't on their side. 00:09:34.642 --> 00:09:38.376 Because by then, summer had returned to Antarctica, 00:09:38.375 --> 00:09:39.793 and temperatures were increasing. 00:09:39.793 --> 00:09:42.956 Causing the surface of the ice sheet to became softer 00:09:42.956 --> 00:09:44.903 making it difficult to pull their luggage. 00:09:44.903 --> 00:09:46.499 After 3 hours of hard work, 00:09:46.499 --> 00:09:48.423 when the crew looked back 00:09:48.423 --> 00:09:52.072 they saw that they had crossed only 1 mile. 00:09:52.072 --> 00:09:54.248 The road ahead kept getting worse. 00:09:54.248 --> 00:09:57.141 Shackleton decided to camp there 00:09:57.140 --> 00:10:00.714 until this ice sheet floated closer to land. 00:10:01.200 --> 00:10:03.590 The ice sheet on which they set up their camp, 00:10:03.590 --> 00:10:06.043 was later named Ocean Camp. 00:10:06.043 --> 00:10:09.456 Shackleton delegated some work to each and every crew member, 00:10:09.456 --> 00:10:12.079 so that they won't be bored or feel depressed. 00:10:12.078 --> 00:10:14.073 On 21st November 2015, 00:10:14.073 --> 00:10:17.159 the pressure on the rear of Endurance had increased so much that 00:10:17.159 --> 00:10:20.971 the ship began bouncing on the water. 00:10:20.971 --> 00:10:22.774 It was airborne for a while, 00:10:22.774 --> 00:10:26.278 before sinking completely under the ice. 00:10:29.546 --> 00:10:32.497 The crew members were only a few kilometres away from the ship. 00:10:32.496 --> 00:10:36.144 They witnessed this entire incident. 00:10:36.144 --> 00:10:38.314 Although they had already abandoned the ship, 00:10:38.315 --> 00:10:41.299 but seeing it sink like this, 00:10:41.298 --> 00:10:43.932 left a deep emotional shock on them. 00:10:43.932 --> 00:10:46.874 As if their last link with the world had broken. 00:10:46.874 --> 00:10:48.783 Only the ice sheet remained, 00:10:48.783 --> 00:10:51.206 and the Ocean Camp they built on it. 00:10:51.206 --> 00:10:53.186 Over the next few days, things went well. 00:10:53.186 --> 00:10:54.697 But a few weeks later, 00:10:54.697 --> 00:10:58.120 this ice sheet started floating towards East. 00:10:58.120 --> 00:10:59.735 Further away from land. 00:10:59.735 --> 00:11:01.977 So on 23rd December 1915, 00:11:01.977 --> 00:11:04.815 Shackleton decided to leave the Ocean Camp. 00:11:04.816 --> 00:11:08.461 And once again, he decided to walk. 00:11:08.461 --> 00:11:10.522 But after walking a few kilometres, 00:11:10.522 --> 00:11:13.664 suddenly, they were faced with thin ice and water. 00:11:13.663 --> 00:11:17.562 They could neither move forward nor back. 00:11:17.562 --> 00:11:21.463 Once again, they set camp on this ice sheet. 00:11:21.464 --> 00:11:23.174 Looking at the food shortage, 00:11:23.173 --> 00:11:25.086 Shackleton put in some strict controls. 00:11:25.086 --> 00:11:27.677 The crew was given one biscuit a day. 00:11:27.677 --> 00:11:30.969 Some diluted milk, some cocoa, and a small amount of 00:11:30.993 --> 00:11:34.285 high-fat meat paste from the cans they were carrying. 00:11:34.284 --> 00:11:39.528 Apart from this, the crew started hunting the seals and penguins they could find. 00:11:39.529 --> 00:11:41.794 In reality, there was a frightening food shortage, 00:11:41.794 --> 00:11:45.944 but Shackleton would often lie to his crew members about food quantities, 00:11:45.945 --> 00:11:47.659 to keep them 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recognised it as the Joinville Island. 00:14:41.080 --> 00:14:43.915 But being about to see Joinville Island wasn't that great. 00:14:43.914 --> 00:14:47.980 Because this island was located at the very tip of the peninsula. 00:14:47.980 --> 00:14:51.502 It meant that they had floated so far on the ice sheet that 00:14:51.501 --> 00:14:54.299 they had left Paulette Island behind. 00:14:54.299 --> 00:14:58.000 Joinville Island was only 57 miles away from Paulette Island. 00:14:58.000 --> 00:15:00.572 But in the west, at a 90-degree angle, 00:15:00.572 --> 00:15:02.413 there was a lot of ice in the middle. 00:15:02.413 --> 00:15:04.918 It was nearly impossible to cross this ice. 00:15:04.918 --> 00:15:07.264 So, Shackleton went back to his map. 00:15:07.663 --> 00:15:11.649 He could see that if they continued floating towards north, 00:15:11.649 --> 00:15:14.270 there would be only two more islands on the way. 00:15:14.270 --> 00:15:16.559 Clarence Island and Elephant Island. 00:15:16.559 --> 00:15:19.764 After this, there would be nothing but water for thousands of kilometres. 00:15:19.764 --> 00:15:22.976 An ocean with waves so high, 00:15:22.976 --> 00:15:26.511 that the chance of their survival would go down to almost zero. 00:15:28.783 --> 00:15:31.980 The water between the southernmost tip of South America and 00:15:32.004 --> 00:15:35.201 the northernmost tip of Antarctica is called the Drake's Passage. 00:15:35.201 --> 00:15:37.916 It is the most dangerous water body in the world. 00:15:37.916 --> 00:15:40.006 With waves as high as 12 metres. 00:15:40.005 --> 00:15:43.596 More than 20,000 sailors have lost their lives 00:15:43.596 --> 00:15:44.890 in Drake's Passage. 00:15:44.890 --> 00:15:47.798 And over the years, there have been at least 800 ships, 00:15:47.798 --> 00:15:49.871 that have sunk in this Drake's Passage. 00:15:49.871 --> 00:15:52.420 Friends, even now in 2025, 00:15:52.421 --> 00:15:55.071 if you try to cross this passage on a ship, 00:15:55.071 --> 00:15:57.561 you will see such scenes. 00:15:59.514 --> 00:16:03.524 The Drake's Passage rocks even the biggest cruise ships. 00:16:05.000 --> 00:16:07.125 So yes, Shackleton knew that 00:16:07.125 --> 00:16:11.061 if they reached Drake's Passage floating on the ice sheet, 00:16:11.061 --> 00:16:12.844 they would all die. 00:16:12.844 --> 00:16:15.358 Meanwhile, the food shortage had become severe, 00:16:15.357 --> 00:16:18.226 The waste meat scraps that had been set aside for the dogs, 00:16:18.226 --> 00:16:23.012 humans had to now eat the less smelly bits. 00:16:23.013 --> 00:16:24.572 To get drinkable water, 00:16:24.572 --> 00:16:27.836 everyone would hold a small can filled with ice close to their bodies 00:16:27.836 --> 00:16:30.467 to melt the ice using their body temperature, 00:16:30.467 --> 00:16:32.449 to get some clean water to drink. 00:16:32.450 --> 00:16:36.547 But in these can, they could collect only a few tablespoons of water at once. 00:16:36.547 --> 00:16:38.615 An interesting fact here was that 00:16:38.615 --> 00:16:40.963 although there were 28 people in this crew, 00:16:40.964 --> 00:16:43.113 officially, they were supposed to be only 27. 00:16:43.113 --> 00:16:45.018 In August 1914, 00:16:45.018 --> 00:16:46.809 when this ship departed from Britain, 00:16:46.808 --> 00:16:50.605 the 28th person, Blackborow, hid in the ship. 00:16:50.605 --> 00:16:55.947 Shackleton had already refused to add Burrow to this crew. 00:16:55.947 --> 00:16:58.558 But still, he came on board secretly. 00:16:58.558 --> 00:17:00.178 Later, when he was found out, 00:17:00.178 --> 00:17:02.193 Shackleton told him directly, 00:17:02.193 --> 00:17:03.982 that if they even ran out of food, 00:17:03.982 --> 00:17:07.015 he would be the first human they'll eat. 00:17:07.016 --> 00:17:10.055 Friends, you'd remember the Miracle of Flight 571, 00:17:10.055 --> 00:17:12.008 I shared it with you in this video, 00:17:12.008 --> 00:17:14.184 the survivors of that flight had to resort to this. 00:17:14.184 --> 00:17:16.548 A shocking and painful thing to do. 00:17:16.548 --> 00:17:19.358 Many people would rather die than do this. 00:17:19.358 --> 00:17:22.980 But thankfully, Shackleton's crew didn't have to go this far. 00:17:22.980 --> 00:17:26.040 They were lucky to have spotted a sea leopard one day. 00:17:26.040 --> 00:17:27.851 They hunted it, 00:17:27.852 --> 00:17:30.269 to get about 1,000 pounds of meat. 00:17:30.269 --> 00:17:32.930 Apart from this, many crew members killed their dogs 00:17:32.930 --> 00:17:34.440 to be eaten. 00:17:34.440 --> 00:17:38.523 After this, thankfully, for the next few months, there was no shortage of food. 00:17:38.522 --> 00:17:40.265 7th April 1916, 00:17:40.266 --> 00:17:42.086 floating on the ice sheet, 00:17:42.086 --> 00:17:44.556 the crew finally spotted Clarence Island. 00:17:44.556 --> 00:17:49.130 They estimated that it was about 83 km to the north. 00:17:49.130 --> 00:17:51.949 This island renewed their hope. 00:17:51.949 --> 00:17:54.843 But then suddenly, the wind changed direction. 00:17:54.843 --> 00:17:57.307 The wind started blowing eastwards. 00:17:57.307 --> 00:17:59.948 There were no islands in the east. 00:17:59.948 --> 00:18:02.290 There was no land. 00:18:02.289 --> 00:18:06.859 In a few hours, Shackleton and his crew lost all hope. 00:18:07.920 --> 00:18:11.201 The ice sheet on which they had set up their camp, 00:18:11.201 --> 00:18:13.368 was getting smaller. 00:18:13.368 --> 00:18:16.099 By this point, it was only 50 meters long. 00:18:16.099 --> 00:18:20.708 It was getting dangerous for the crew to remain on this ice sheet. 00:18:20.709 --> 00:18:22.942 So, Shackleton decided 00:18:22.942 --> 00:18:25.458 to load the crew members in these three boats, 00:18:25.458 --> 00:18:28.086 and move forward towards Clarence Island. 00:18:28.086 --> 00:18:30.703 Not only did they have to wade through water 00:18:30.728 --> 00:18:33.162 but also other ice sheets and icebergs. 00:18:33.162 --> 00:18:36.435 Some way ahead, they came upon another solid ice sheet. 00:18:36.435 --> 00:18:38.964 There, they set up a new camp. 00:18:38.964 --> 00:18:40.952 But as soon as they set up their camp, 00:18:40.952 --> 00:18:42.985 a crack started forming on this ice sheet. 00:18:45.497 --> 00:18:48.199 And accidentally, one of their crew members fell into the water. 00:18:48.199 --> 00:18:51.016 That was Fireman Ernie Holness. 00:18:51.016 --> 00:18:55.199 The rest of the crew tried to get him out of the water quickly. 00:18:55.199 --> 00:18:57.642 But before they got the chance to catch their breath, 00:18:57.642 --> 00:19:00.230 this ice sheet broke apart into two. 00:19:00.230 --> 00:19:02.978 Shackleton was left alone on one part, 00:19:02.978 --> 00:19:06.730 and the rest of the crew was swept away into the darkness on the other part. 00:19:06.730 --> 00:19:08.628 No one knew what to do. 00:19:08.628 --> 00:19:13.261 Their leader, their commander who had been leading them for so long, 00:19:13.261 --> 00:19:15.086 suddenly disappeared into the darkness. 00:19:20.346 --> 00:19:23.975 Luckily, they heard Shackleton in the darkness. 00:19:23.976 --> 00:19:25.482 "Bring a boat." 00:19:25.481 --> 00:19:29.254 After this, some crew members brought Shackleton back on a boat. 00:19:29.255 --> 00:19:31.498 After reuniting with his crew, 00:19:31.498 --> 00:19:34.056 Shackleton asked about Holness first. 00:19:34.056 --> 00:19:36.263 He was shivering a lot. 00:19:36.262 --> 00:19:39.495 After falling into the water, the risk of hypothermia increased. 00:19:39.496 --> 00:19:41.278 There was no way to light a fire. 00:19:41.278 --> 00:19:42.575 If nothing could be done, 00:19:42.575 --> 00:19:45.586 he would die shivering. 00:19:45.586 --> 00:19:48.447 Shackleton used his skills and experience once again 00:19:48.446 --> 00:19:51.886 and ordered him to keep walking until 00:19:51.886 --> 00:19:55.542 his body heat could dry the clothes on his body. 00:19:55.542 --> 00:19:59.261 This poor boy kept walking the entire night. 00:19:59.759 --> 00:20:03.494 And eventually, this helped dry his clothes. 00:20:03.494 --> 00:20:05.932 He stopped feeling abnormally cold. 00:20:05.932 --> 00:20:08.129 Meanwhile, the wind kept changing its direction repeatedly. 00:20:08.130 --> 00:20:11.071 The ice sheet would go one way and then another. 00:20:11.070 --> 00:20:13.313 They changed their target four times. 00:20:13.314 --> 00:20:15.544 First, they believed that they would reach Clarence Island. 00:20:15.544 --> 00:20:18.022 Then they thought they would reach King George Island. 00:20:18.021 --> 00:20:20.071 They even thought of Hope Bay. 00:20:20.071 --> 00:20:23.650 And finally, they decided to go to Elephant Island. 00:20:23.651 --> 00:20:26.526 Elephant Island is the last island before Drake's Passage. 00:20:26.526 --> 00:20:29.798 It was 160 km away from them to the north-west. 00:20:29.798 --> 00:20:32.188 Since the iceberg was already moving northwards, 00:20:32.188 --> 00:20:35.255 the temperature was getting warmer slowly. 00:20:35.255 --> 00:20:38.214 The temperature had reached -8°C. 00:20:38.213 --> 00:20:39.800 The ice cover around them was getting lighter. 00:20:39.800 --> 00:20:41.838 But on the other hand, it also meant that 00:20:41.838 --> 00:20:43.417 fresh water supply was decreasing. 00:20:43.417 --> 00:20:45.441 They had almost run out of water. 00:20:45.442 --> 00:20:48.297 Everyone's lips were swollen and chipped due to thirst. 00:20:48.297 --> 00:20:51.008 Their throats were so dry that it was difficult to swallow food. 00:20:51.008 --> 00:20:53.769 Everyone was given raw seal meat 00:20:53.769 --> 00:20:57.929 so that the blood would make it easier to swallow. 00:20:57.929 --> 00:21:01.998 Meanwhile, their ice sheet was slowly floating towards Elephant Island. 00:21:01.998 --> 00:21:05.447 They were only 50 km away from Elephant Island. 00:21:05.446 --> 00:21:08.086 Shackleton ordered all boats to be brought down into the water 00:21:08.086 --> 00:21:11.054 this last leg of their journey would be on boats. 00:21:11.054 --> 00:21:12.969 On 15th April 1916, 00:21:12.969 --> 00:21:15.524 the crew could not believe their fate. 00:21:15.523 --> 00:21:19.012 The three boats reached the island safely 00:21:19.012 --> 00:21:21.249 and after being on water for 497 days, 00:21:21.249 --> 00:21:25.403 the crew members were finally standing on land. 00:21:28.193 --> 00:21:29.888 "Having been through hell, 00:21:29.888 --> 00:21:33.221 this desolate, uninhabited, lump of rock, 00:21:33.221 --> 00:21:34.941 seemed nothing short of heaven." 00:21:36.839 --> 00:21:41.706 They couldn't believe that their feet were actually on solid ground. 00:21:41.707 --> 00:21:43.206 And not on ice. 00:21:43.205 --> 00:21:44.577 Everyone was ecstatic. 00:21:44.577 --> 00:21:47.889 But they didn't know that their problems weren't over yet. 00:21:48.160 --> 00:21:51.488 The legs of Blackborow, one of the crew members, had stopped working. 00:21:51.488 --> 00:21:55.911 Another crew member, Rickinson, suffered a heart attack after they reached the island. 00:21:55.911 --> 00:21:59.144 But somehow, he still survived. 00:21:59.144 --> 00:22:03.013 The biggest problem was that Elephant Island was completely uninhabited. 00:22:03.013 --> 00:22:04.877 No humans lived there. 00:22:04.877 --> 00:22:08.490 Neither did it have rescue supplies nor a way to contact others. 00:22:08.490 --> 00:22:12.866 This island was located in a place where no one went. 00:22:12.866 --> 00:22:14.913 No ship passed by. 00:22:14.913 --> 00:22:16.508 Their problem remained the same. 00:22:16.508 --> 00:22:18.447 How could they get back home? 00:22:18.446 --> 00:22:21.390 Looking at the map, Shackleton saw three options. 00:22:21.391 --> 00:22:23.384 First, going to Cape Horn, 00:22:23.384 --> 00:22:24.904 South America's southernmost tip, 00:22:24.904 --> 00:22:28.685 about 800 km to the north-west. 00:22:28.685 --> 00:22:31.213 Second option, going to the Falkland Islands, 00:22:31.213 --> 00:22:34.859 about 880 km away to the east of South America. 00:22:34.859 --> 00:22:37.611 Or the third option was to get help 00:22:37.612 --> 00:22:40.427 in South Georgia Island to the north-east, 00:22:40.426 --> 00:22:42.934 1,300 km away. 00:22:42.934 --> 00:22:44.870 Options 1 and 2 were closer. 00:22:44.871 --> 00:22:47.858 But going there meant traversing through Drake's Passage. 00:22:47.857 --> 00:22:49.909 Shackleton chose the third option. 00:22:49.910 --> 00:22:53.601 He believed that the sea and the air would support them more 00:22:53.601 --> 00:22:55.877 if they went to South Georgia Island. 00:22:55.876 --> 00:22:58.547 The crew was so exhausted that 00:22:58.547 --> 00:23:00.342 it was not possible to bring everyone along. 00:23:00.680 --> 00:23:04.190 Shackleton decided to take a small team of five 00:23:04.190 --> 00:23:06.289 to go to South Georgia by boat. 00:23:06.289 --> 00:23:08.489 Once there, they will ask for help from a ship. 00:23:08.489 --> 00:23:11.078 And the team stranded on the island 00:23:11.078 --> 00:23:13.428 will set up their camp on Elephant Island. 00:23:13.429 --> 00:23:15.607 On 24th April 1916, 00:23:15.606 --> 00:23:18.439 Shackleton and his team of five people, 00:23:18.439 --> 00:23:21.534 set out for South Georgia Island. 00:23:21.534 --> 00:23:24.418 If you look at their planned route on the map, 00:23:24.417 --> 00:23:28.600 you will see that they cannot avoid Drake's Passage completely. 00:23:28.601 --> 00:23:32.979 They would need to cross Drake's Passage to reach the island. 00:23:32.979 --> 00:23:35.335 But there was no better option. 00:23:35.335 --> 00:23:37.893 In this small paddle boat, 00:23:37.893 --> 00:23:42.164 they entered the world's most dangerous water body. 00:23:44.077 --> 00:23:46.673 To travel such a long distance, 00:23:46.673 --> 00:23:49.355 they would take turns to row the boat for 4 hours 00:23:49.355 --> 00:23:50.936 and rest for 4 hours. 00:23:50.936 --> 00:23:54.078 But how well could they rest in this small boat? 00:23:54.078 --> 00:24:00.164 Their journey was spent getting drenched by the waves, vomiting, and being exhausted. 00:24:00.164 --> 00:24:04.103 In April, winter begins for Antarctica. 00:24:04.103 --> 00:24:06.678 The sun would be in the sky for a few hours only. 00:24:06.678 --> 00:24:10.271 And they'd be in the dark for more than 20 hours. 00:24:10.270 --> 00:24:12.895 These few hours of sunlight were crucial. 00:24:12.895 --> 00:24:16.282 Because on then could they use their sextant 00:24:16.282 --> 00:24:17.923 to navigate the direction. 00:24:17.923 --> 00:24:22.170 Whether they were sailing towards the correct direction. 00:24:22.170 --> 00:24:24.647 They kept sailing for hours. 00:24:24.646 --> 00:24:26.571 Hours changed into days. 00:24:26.571 --> 00:24:28.978 On the way, water would get into their boat. 00:24:28.979 --> 00:24:31.160 And they'd pump it out. 00:24:31.160 --> 00:24:32.886 A few times, there were such big waves that 00:24:32.885 --> 00:24:34.745 it almost sunk the boat. 00:24:38.440 --> 00:24:41.333 For a while, it seemed like the boat wouldn't survive. 00:24:41.333 --> 00:24:43.951 But by chance, they survived and kept moving forward. 00:24:43.951 --> 00:24:46.663 They had some food with them in the boat. 00:24:46.663 --> 00:24:48.247 But there was a problem. 00:24:48.247 --> 00:24:51.860 There wasn't enough space on the deck for them to sit up straight and eat. 00:24:51.859 --> 00:24:54.153 That's why they couldn't swallow the food properly. 00:24:54.153 --> 00:24:57.376 So they had to lie down to eat. 00:24:57.376 --> 00:25:00.782 The condition on this boat was so difficult that 00:25:00.782 --> 00:25:03.825 Shackleton's courage was slipping away from him. 00:25:03.826 --> 00:25:06.780 It was getting too difficult for him. 00:25:06.780 --> 00:25:09.763 When a bird started to circle their boat, 00:25:09.763 --> 00:25:11.577 he started shouting at it in anger. 00:25:11.577 --> 00:25:15.112 This pent up frustration was eating at his courage. 00:25:20.000 --> 00:25:22.577 But eventually, after sailing for days, 00:25:22.577 --> 00:25:24.548 they were close to their destination. 00:25:24.548 --> 00:25:27.963 They were only 3 miles away from South Georgia Island. 00:25:27.963 --> 00:25:30.259 But before they could celebrate, 00:25:30.259 --> 00:25:32.760 there was a sudden sea storm. 00:25:32.760 --> 00:25:34.960 Their boat was stuck in this storm. 00:25:34.960 --> 00:25:37.405 The waves got uncontrollable. 00:25:37.405 --> 00:25:40.976 The boat kept bouncing and crashing. 00:25:40.977 --> 00:25:43.585 These people had no more strength. 00:25:43.585 --> 00:25:46.704 They put their paddles and gave up. 00:25:46.704 --> 00:25:49.541 The storm kept throwing their boat this way and that. 00:25:51.256 --> 00:25:53.892 A few hours later, when the winds calmed down, 00:25:53.892 --> 00:25:55.577 and the clouds started to clear, 00:25:55.577 --> 00:25:59.134 they saw the South Georgia Island. 00:25:59.134 --> 00:26:00.912 There was only one mile left to go. 00:26:00.912 --> 00:26:02.438 Seeing this island, 00:26:02.438 --> 00:26:05.386 they used all their remaining strength 00:26:05.385 --> 00:26:08.287 all of them started paddling. 00:26:08.287 --> 00:26:10.057 The waves were quite strong still. 00:26:10.057 --> 00:26:11.923 Shackleton started feeling that 00:26:11.923 --> 00:26:13.538 the end was near. 00:26:13.538 --> 00:26:15.578 The boat felt stationary. 00:26:15.578 --> 00:26:17.782 But in reality, slowly but surely, 00:26:17.782 --> 00:26:20.876 they were moving closer to the island. 00:26:20.876 --> 00:26:24.894 After fighting with the storms, winds, and water for three consecutive weeks, 00:26:24.894 --> 00:26:27.707 finally on 10th May 1916, 00:26:27.707 --> 00:26:31.100 they set foot on the South Georgia Island. 00:26:34.169 --> 00:26:36.963 The same island from which they had set out 00:26:36.987 --> 00:26:39.779 on their journey to Antarctica 522 days ago. 00:26:39.779 --> 00:26:42.090 A wave of happiness ran through them. 00:26:42.090 --> 00:26:44.796 Shackleton and the crew members hugged each other. 00:26:44.797 --> 00:26:47.075 But this wasn't the end of their struggles. 00:26:47.075 --> 00:26:49.728 Actually, friends, the South Georgia Island 00:26:49.728 --> 00:26:52.029 is more than 100 km long. 00:26:52.029 --> 00:26:54.020 The beach they had landed on, 00:26:54.020 --> 00:26:57.309 was on the other side of the human settlement. 00:26:57.309 --> 00:27:00.656 Let's find the place where they landed on the map. 00:27:00.656 --> 00:27:03.247 The human settlement and the whaling station 00:27:03.271 --> 00:27:06.287 were exactly on the opposite side of this island. 00:27:06.287 --> 00:27:09.932 They were now faced with two ways to get to the whaling station. 00:27:09.932 --> 00:27:15.150 First, getting back on the boat and travelling 130 miles by sea, 00:27:15.150 --> 00:27:17.574 to get to the north of the island. 00:27:17.574 --> 00:27:21.283 And the second option was to walk to the north of the island. 00:27:21.282 --> 00:27:23.630 They had to walk only 29 miles. 00:27:23.631 --> 00:27:28.496 But the problem was that there are such dangerous mountains on South Georgia Island 00:27:28.496 --> 00:27:31.123 that no person in history 00:27:31.123 --> 00:27:33.788 had been able to cross this island on foot. 00:27:37.693 --> 00:27:40.884 It was considered impossible to cross this island on foot. 00:27:40.884 --> 00:27:43.531 So, obviously, they chose the boat. 00:27:43.531 --> 00:27:45.776 But, of course, there was yet another problem. 00:27:45.777 --> 00:27:48.896 Their boat had been so badly damaged by the rough waves that 00:27:48.896 --> 00:27:51.634 it wasn't in a suitable condition. 00:27:52.192 --> 00:27:55.487 They had no other option than to walk. 00:27:55.487 --> 00:27:58.523 "The alternative was to attempt crossing the island. 00:27:58.922 --> 00:28:02.227 The island of South Georgia had never been crossed by anybody. 00:28:02.227 --> 00:28:04.930 The whalers regarded the country as inaccessible." 00:28:04.930 --> 00:28:07.363 Shackleton was not one to give up now. 00:28:07.363 --> 00:28:09.152 Not at this point. 00:28:09.152 --> 00:28:11.597 They had endured so much over the past year, 00:28:11.597 --> 00:28:13.259 they couldn't give up now. 00:28:13.259 --> 00:28:16.006 To survive, they were now faced with a challenge 00:28:16.029 --> 00:28:19.446 no human had ever attempted before. 00:28:19.446 --> 00:28:26.176 These 10,000-foot-high snowy mountains had to be crossed some how. 00:28:29.723 --> 00:28:34.677 Shackleton decided to first rest and build back their lost strength. 00:28:34.678 --> 00:28:40.162 So they stayed in a cave and ate for the next 9 days. 00:28:40.162 --> 00:28:42.910 Thankfully, there was no shortage of food on this island, 00:28:42.910 --> 00:28:46.334 the island was swarming with albatrosses, seals, and penguins. 00:28:46.334 --> 00:28:48.068 After resting for 9 days, 00:28:48.068 --> 00:28:51.183 on 19th May 1916, at around 3 AM, 00:28:51.183 --> 00:28:53.244 they set off from the King Haakon Bay. 00:28:53.244 --> 00:28:55.869 He had only two other crew members with him, 00:28:55.869 --> 00:28:57.591 Worsley and Crean. 00:28:57.592 --> 00:28:59.438 "Worsley and Crean were coming with me. 00:28:59.438 --> 00:29:03.272 And after consultation, we decided to leave sleeping bags behind, 00:29:03.271 --> 00:29:05.915 and make the journey in very light marching order." 00:29:05.915 --> 00:29:08.355 And now their first challenge was that 00:29:08.355 --> 00:29:11.541 no one knew where to go and how. 00:29:11.541 --> 00:29:14.271 The snow was up to their knees. 00:29:14.271 --> 00:29:17.348 The mountains were so high that they couldn't see beyond them. 00:29:17.627 --> 00:29:19.089 They climbed the mountains one after another, 00:29:19.089 --> 00:29:21.827 and looked for the way from the top. 00:29:21.827 --> 00:29:24.122 If they couldn't find a way, they would go back. 00:29:24.122 --> 00:29:25.988 This happened several times. 00:29:25.988 --> 00:29:28.841 They climbed as many mountains as they could see. 00:29:28.840 --> 00:29:32.540 On some mountains, they found deep gorges and on others, walls of rock. 00:29:32.540 --> 00:29:34.723 Whenever they couldn't find a way to go ahead, 00:29:34.723 --> 00:29:36.877 they retreated and got back down, 00:29:36.877 --> 00:29:38.489 to climb another mountain. 00:29:38.489 --> 00:29:40.757 "With the complete clearance of the mist, we saw, 00:29:40.757 --> 00:29:42.432 to our sharp disappointment, 00:29:42.432 --> 00:29:44.882 what we had taken for a frozen lake, 00:29:44.882 --> 00:29:46.504 was an arm of the sea. 00:29:46.503 --> 00:29:48.032 Shackleton said grimly, 00:29:48.032 --> 00:29:50.540 'We shall have to go on to the next, boys.' 00:29:50.880 --> 00:29:53.153 This happened three times." 00:29:53.153 --> 00:29:56.673 Over the next few days, they had climbed all the surrounding mountains. 00:29:56.673 --> 00:29:58.436 Even after climbing the last mountain, 00:29:58.436 --> 00:29:59.639 they couldn't find anything new. 00:29:59.640 --> 00:30:01.425 They were staring at a deep valley. 00:30:01.424 --> 00:30:03.937 With a steep and dangerous slope. 00:30:05.770 --> 00:30:07.735 "The situation looked grim enough; 00:30:07.736 --> 00:30:09.872 fog had cut off our retreat, 00:30:09.872 --> 00:30:11.471 darkness covered our advance. 00:30:12.109 --> 00:30:13.962 it was useless to continue in this fashion." 00:30:14.400 --> 00:30:16.680 By then, they couldn't retreat any more. 00:30:16.680 --> 00:30:19.243 They tied themselves along a rope 00:30:19.242 --> 00:30:22.153 and started cutting stairs into the mountain. 00:30:22.153 --> 00:30:26.016 Literally, they made stairs to climb down the mountain. 00:30:26.016 --> 00:30:27.989 After descending for some time, 00:30:27.989 --> 00:30:30.607 they spotted the Stromness Whaling Station. 00:30:30.607 --> 00:30:34.060 And other humans! 00:30:34.060 --> 00:30:36.559 After climbing the mountains for 36 hours, 00:30:36.559 --> 00:30:38.461 on 20th May 1916, 00:30:38.461 --> 00:30:40.844 Shackleton, Worsley, and Crean 00:30:40.844 --> 00:30:44.245 successfully crossed the Allardyce mountain range 00:30:44.244 --> 00:30:47.664 and reached the Stromness whaling station. 00:30:51.601 --> 00:30:53.577 It was the first time in history that 00:30:53.576 --> 00:30:56.837 someone had crossed the South Georgia Island on foot. 00:30:56.837 --> 00:30:59.490 The level of impossible feat they achieved 00:30:59.490 --> 00:31:01.333 can be understood by 00:31:01.333 --> 00:31:05.621 after Shackleton, this was done only in 1955. 00:31:05.621 --> 00:31:09.792 By expert climbers with full preparation. 00:31:09.791 --> 00:31:13.118 Shackleton had neither tents nor sleeping bags. 00:31:13.118 --> 00:31:17.356 They had courage, determination, and a strong will. 00:31:18.114 --> 00:31:22.784 When Shackleton and his companions finally reached the whaling station, 00:31:22.784 --> 00:31:26.501 it was difficult to identify whether they were humans. 00:31:26.500 --> 00:31:28.241 Their beards had grown too long. 00:31:28.241 --> 00:31:30.599 Their faces were dark. 00:31:30.599 --> 00:31:32.222 With only their eyes visible. 00:31:32.222 --> 00:31:34.482 Their clothes were all torn. 00:31:34.482 --> 00:31:38.033 Eventually, the factory manager at the station recognised them, 00:31:38.034 --> 00:31:39.595 and identified him as Shackleton, 00:31:39.595 --> 00:31:43.458 the guy who had gone missing with his team in Antarctica two years ago. 00:31:43.458 --> 00:31:46.041 Every person at the South Georgia station 00:31:46.040 --> 00:31:48.311 knew Shackleton and his crew's story. 00:31:48.311 --> 00:31:50.760 Everyone knew about it as a painful incident. 00:31:51.200 --> 00:31:53.730 The man who died with his ship. 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. 00:31:59.948 --> 00:32:02.894 The factory manager gave them food and new clothes immediately. 00:32:02.894 --> 00:32:04.640 And a bed to sleep in. 00:32:04.640 --> 00:32:06.720 The three bathed and shaved. 00:32:06.720 --> 00:32:10.535 And the next day, Worsley arrived at King Haakon in a boat 00:32:10.535 --> 00:32:13.394 to rescue their three other companions. 00:32:13.394 --> 00:32:17.067 The three people who were still waiting for Shackleton on the other side of the island. 00:32:17.480 --> 00:32:19.298 But Shackleton's real concern now was 00:32:19.298 --> 00:32:22.507 the 22 crew members stranded on Elephant Island. 00:32:22.507 --> 00:32:26.400 It had been more than a month since they last saw them. 00:32:26.400 --> 00:32:28.388 Were they still alive? 00:32:29.105 --> 00:32:33.790 In such dire situation, would you be able to remain motivated enough to survive? 00:32:33.790 --> 00:32:35.707 Especially when you don't even know 00:32:35.708 --> 00:32:39.602 if your Captains could successfully cross Drake's Passage or not. 00:32:39.602 --> 00:32:42.931 On the other hand, will anyone come to rescue you or not? 00:32:45.083 --> 00:32:46.998 Tell me the truth in the comments below. 00:32:46.998 --> 00:32:49.836 How long will you be able to survive like this? 00:32:49.836 --> 00:32:55.359 Shackleton tried his best to rescue them from Elephant Island as soon as possible. 00:32:55.359 --> 00:32:57.938 But when he reached there with another ship, 00:32:57.939 --> 00:33:01.370 once again, the rescue ship got stuck in the ice. 00:33:01.369 --> 00:33:03.145 He tried again, but it didn't work. 00:33:03.145 --> 00:33:04.859 The same thing happened the third time. 00:33:04.859 --> 00:33:09.488 In three months, he tried thrice to go to Elephant Island to rescue them. 00:33:09.489 --> 00:33:12.730 But he had to turn back his ship all three times. 00:33:12.730 --> 00:33:16.372 As time passed, Shackleton's kept getting more and more worried. 00:33:16.372 --> 00:33:19.220 He specially requested the British government 00:33:19.220 --> 00:33:20.803 to give him an ice-breaking ship. 00:33:20.803 --> 00:33:22.729 He was given a ship called Discovery, 00:33:22.729 --> 00:33:26.259 but it would have taken some more weeks to arrive. 00:33:26.259 --> 00:33:28.558 Shackleton was in no mood to wait. 00:33:28.558 --> 00:33:31.368 He didn't know how long would they be able to hold out. 00:33:34.199 --> 00:33:36.877 Another ship was requested from the Chilean government. 00:33:36.876 --> 00:33:39.307 He was given a ship named Yelcho. 00:33:39.307 --> 00:33:42.163 On 25th August 1916, 00:33:42.163 --> 00:33:45.844 he left for Elephant Island again aboard this ship. 00:33:50.307 --> 00:33:52.069 It took him about 6 days, 00:33:52.069 --> 00:33:56.923 but this time, he reached Elephant Island successfully on 30th August. 00:33:58.039 --> 00:34:03.530 He was shocked by what he saw when he reached the island. 00:34:03.531 --> 00:34:07.134 Actually, these 22 people who remained on Elephant Island, 00:34:07.134 --> 00:34:10.092 Shackleton knew that they would need leadership. 00:34:10.092 --> 00:34:13.927 Or else, they would get depressed and frustrated. 00:34:13.927 --> 00:34:18.447 So, Shackleton made one of them, Frank Wilde, the leader. 00:34:18.447 --> 00:34:20.423 After Shackleton left, 00:34:20.423 --> 00:34:24.422 on Frank Wilde's orders, they built a shelter by turning over the two boats. 00:34:24.422 --> 00:34:27.474 They remained there for 128 days. 00:34:27.474 --> 00:34:30.847 They used to hunt penguins and seals to feed themselves. 00:34:30.847 --> 00:34:32.974 Amidst the cold, hunger, and disappointment, 00:34:32.974 --> 00:34:35.739 Frank Wilde repeated the same thing every morning. 00:34:35.739 --> 00:34:37.387 'Pack your bags, friends. 00:34:37.387 --> 00:34:38.637 The boss can come today.' 00:34:38.637 --> 00:34:40.246 Boss referred to Shackleton. 00:34:40.246 --> 00:34:41.778 But the boss didn't come. 00:34:41.778 --> 00:34:44.503 Days changed into weeks and weeks into months. 00:34:44.503 --> 00:34:45.795 But every morning, 00:34:45.795 --> 00:34:47.782 Frank would get up and repeat the same thing. 00:34:47.782 --> 00:34:49.204 'Pack your bags, friends. 00:34:49.204 --> 00:34:50.842 The boss can come today.' 00:34:50.842 --> 00:34:53.157 Every morning, Frank climbed the hill to check 00:34:53.157 --> 00:34:54.942 whether a ship arrived or not. 00:34:54.942 --> 00:34:57.056 And every evening, he returned disappointed. 00:34:57.056 --> 00:35:00.101 After four months, people's courage was beginning to wane. 00:35:00.101 --> 00:35:02.054 Things were getting more difficult. 00:35:02.054 --> 00:35:06.184 Blackborow's leg was grossly infected. 00:35:06.184 --> 00:35:08.547 It was a gangrene infection. 00:35:08.547 --> 00:35:11.186 So they had to cut off this leg. 00:35:11.186 --> 00:35:12.778 With every passing day, 00:35:12.778 --> 00:35:15.289 they were closer to believing that Shackleton 00:35:15.313 --> 00:35:17.536 couldn't actually reach South Georgia. 00:35:17.536 --> 00:35:20.394 His boat might have sunk on the way. 00:35:32.079 --> 00:35:35.490 It had been 4 months and 6 days since Shackleton left. 00:35:35.490 --> 00:35:38.684 Frank Wilde had decided to move ahead. 00:35:38.684 --> 00:35:42.077 At Frank's order, they really packed their bags. 00:35:42.077 --> 00:35:43.826 But not in the hopes of being rescued, 00:35:43.826 --> 00:35:47.896 this time, they were planning to sail. 00:35:47.896 --> 00:35:52.406 They started preparing to leave for Deception Island. 00:35:52.405 --> 00:35:55.202 But before they could leave Elephant Island, 00:35:55.202 --> 00:35:58.032 they spotted something far in the sea. 00:35:58.032 --> 00:36:00.985 A huge ship was sailing towards them. 00:36:02.739 --> 00:36:04.866 This was the ship Yelcho. 00:36:04.867 --> 00:36:08.475 Once the ship was close enough, they could see their commander and boss, 00:36:08.474 --> 00:36:09.768 Shackleton. 00:36:09.768 --> 00:36:12.309 "From the man on duty outside, we heard a sudden yell. 00:36:12.746 --> 00:36:14.119 'Wilde,' he shouted, 'Wilde!' 00:36:14.119 --> 00:36:15.088 'There's a ship!' 00:36:15.088 --> 00:36:16.291 'Haven't we better light a flare?'" 00:36:21.153 --> 00:36:24.143 Their boss was finally there to rescue them. 00:36:24.143 --> 00:36:26.393 Shackleton was stunned to see them. 00:36:26.393 --> 00:36:28.740 All 22 of them were alive. 00:36:28.740 --> 00:36:31.210 They hadn't given up. 00:36:31.210 --> 00:36:35.539 After fighting with ice, mountains, and oceans for almost 2 years, 00:36:35.539 --> 00:36:38.826 Shackleton and his crew returned home. 00:36:39.742 --> 00:36:42.561 "When we landed, they welcomed us so heartily, 00:36:42.561 --> 00:36:45.239 that they nearly pushed us into the sea again." 00:37:03.454 --> 00:37:05.380 It was truly miraculous. 00:37:05.380 --> 00:37:07.802 Shackleton left with 27 people. 00:37:07.802 --> 00:37:11.434 And returned with all 27 people. 00:37:11.434 --> 00:37:14.391 It was possible only because of Shackleton's leadership and courage, 00:37:14.391 --> 00:37:15.698 the determination of the crew, 00:37:15.699 --> 00:37:17.334 and their unbreakable teamwork. 00:37:17.333 --> 00:37:19.957 Friends, 106 years after this incident, 00:37:19.958 --> 00:37:21.396 in 2022, 00:37:21.396 --> 00:37:24.693 investigators were doing some research in the sea. 00:37:24.693 --> 00:37:27.907 Then, in the Weddell Sea, 10,000 feet below the surface, 00:37:27.907 --> 00:37:31.675 they found Shackleton's ship, Endurance. 00:37:31.675 --> 00:37:34.240 "The state of preservation is just absolutely brilliant. 00:37:34.239 --> 00:37:37.518 There are no wood-consuming marine parasites in the Weddell Sea." 00:37:37.518 --> 00:37:39.559 It's truly amazing that 00:37:39.559 --> 00:37:42.445 it took us 106 years to find the wreckage of this ship. 00:37:42.445 --> 00:37:44.373 And even after 106 years, 00:37:44.373 --> 00:37:46.456 since it sunk so close to Antarctica, 00:37:46.456 --> 00:37:48.535 it is in remarkably good condition. 00:37:48.534 --> 00:37:51.204 You can see the latest photos of this ship on the screen, 00:37:51.204 --> 00:37:53.148 these were taken a few years ago. 00:37:53.148 --> 00:37:56.171 And today, if you ever go to South Georgia Island, 00:37:56.170 --> 00:37:58.885 you will find Shackleton's grave there. 00:37:58.885 --> 00:38:01.460 He set out to accomplish a historic feat. 00:38:01.460 --> 00:38:04.277 To be the first man to walk across Antarctica. 00:38:04.277 --> 00:38:06.808 Although his original plan failed, 00:38:06.809 --> 00:38:11.028 he did something even more miraculous. 00:38:11.027 --> 00:38:13.250 Much more amazing. 00:38:16.320 --> 00:38:18.818 Friends, if you liked this survival story, 00:38:18.818 --> 00:38:22.159 then an equally amazing survival story 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