Google Earth Tours and Educational Materials created during 2014
In commemoration of the 100th anniversary of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s attempt
of the first crossing of the Antarctic continent,
from sea to sea via the Pole
SOUTH!
THE STORY OF
SHACKLETON’S LAST EXPEDITION
1914–1917
Sir Ernest Shackleton C.V.O.
TO
MY COMRADES
WHO FELL IN THE WHITE WARFARE
OF THE SOUTH AND ON THE
RED FIELDS OF FRANCE
AND FLANDERS
CONTENTS
I. INTO THE WEDDELL SEA
II. NEW LAND
III. WINTER MONTHS
IV. LOSS OF THE ENDURANCE
V. OCEAN CAMP
VI. THE MARCH BETWEEN
VII. PATIENCE CAMP
VIII. ESCAPE FROM THE ICE
IX. THE BOAT JOURNEY
X. ACROSS SOUTH GEORGIA
XI. THE RESCUE
XII. ELEPHANT ISLAND
XIII. THE ROSS SEA PARTY
XIV. WINTERING IN McMURDO SOUND
XV. LAYING THE DEPOTS
XVI. THE AURORA’S DRIFT
XVII. THE LAST RELIEF
XVIII. THE FINAL PHASE