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I know we sort of got a James Caird already, but I like being able to see how miserable it was belowdecks, so to speak. Also, we deserve a Tom Crean and Wuzzles minifig
This is my version of The James Caird, a small boat that played a huge role in the history of Antarctic exploration. In 1914, British explor
Belowdecks at the IdeasJames Caird
Shackleton's lifeboat, with an extra passenger.
This happened on May 5th; then on May 10th, on South Georgia:
Feeling some sort of way.. about how his base expectations for reality and reactions to it changed in 5 days while he was unwaveringly keeping his crew and friends at the top of his mind and the tip of his tongue at all times.
James Caird – Scientist of the Day
James Caird, a Scottish shipping magnate, lover of maritime history, and philanthropist, died Sep. 27, 1954, at age 90.
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#OTD in 1916 – Ernest Shackleton and five men of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition launch a lifeboat from uninhabited Elephant Island in the Southern Ocean to organise a rescue for the ice-trapped ship Endurance.
#OTD in 1916 – Ernest Shackleton and five men of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition launch a lifeboat from uninhabited Elephant Island in the Southern Ocean to organise a rescue for the ice-trapped ship Endurance.
The voyage of the ‘James Caird’ was an open boat journey from Elephant Island in Antarctica to South Georgia in the southern Atlantic Ocean, a distance of approximately 830 nautical miles (1,500 km; 920 mi). Undertaken by Sir Ernest Shackleton and five companions, their objective was to obtain rescue for the main body of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914–17, marooned on Elephant…
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Ernest Shackleton – Scientist of the Day
Ernest Shackleton, an Irish/English polar explorer, was born Feb. 15, 1874.
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#OTD in 1916 – Ernest Shackleton and five men of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition launch a lifeboat from uninhabited Elephant Island in the Southern Ocean to organise a rescue for the ice-trapped ship Endurance.
#OTD in 1916 – Ernest Shackleton and five men of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition launch a lifeboat from uninhabited Elephant Island in the Southern Ocean to organise a rescue for the ice-trapped ship Endurance.
The voyage of the ‘James Caird’ was an open boat journey from Elephant Island in Antarctica to South Georgia in the southern Atlantic Ocean, a distance of approximately 830 nautical miles (1,500 km; 920 mi). Undertaken by Sir Ernest Shackleton and five companions, their objective was to obtain rescue for the main body of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914–17, marooned on Elephant…
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Accurately calculating a ship’s position by hand in 1915 was easy compared to what the New Zealand-born navigator Frank Worsley had to do ne
May 10th marks the 100th anniversary of the arrival of the James Caird on South Georgia Island. After a little over two weeks of rough sailing, constant dampness, cramped quarters, and one giant wave that nearly ended it all the six man crew at last reached their goal. Landing, however, was not so simple. Rough seas, high winds, and sharp reefs kept the James Caird tacking back and forth for hours before an opening was spotted. As Shackleton wrote in South:
A small cove, with a boulder strewn beach guarded by a reef, made a break in the cliffs on the south side of the bay, and we turned in that direction. I stood in the bows, and directed the steering as we ran through the kelp and made the passage of the reef. The entrance was so narrow that we had to take in the oars, and the swell was piling itself right over the reef into the cove. But in a minute or two we were inside, and in the gathering darkness the James Caird ran in on a swell and touched the beach.
The small crew’s first night on stable land was spent in an undercut beneath a cliff face which had been found by Tom Crean. In Shackleton’s Boat Journey, Frank Worsely wrote of how ‘The Boss’ had carried them through:
Looking back on this great boat journey, it seems certain that some of our men would have succumbed to the terrible strain but for Shackleton. So great was his care of his people, that, to rough men, it seemed at times to have a touch of woman about it, even to the verge of fussiness...
He seemed to keep a mental finger on each man’s pulse. If he noted one with signs of strain telling on him he would order hot milk and soon all would be swallowing the scalding, life giving drink to the especial benefit of the man, all unaware, for whom it had been ordered.
At times he inspired men with a feeling, often illogical, that, even if things got worse, he would devise some means of easing their hardships.
