Route of Ernest Shackleton in the Endurance and Rescue Boats, 1914–1916
Route of the Endurance
into the Weddell Sea
Track of the Endurance
locked in ice
Drift of Shackleton party
toward open sea
Journey in James Caird
rescue boat
Filchner Ice
Shelf
Camp adrift on pack ice
Pack ice
0
300 miles
GR
0
AH
300 km
O
AT
S
LA
ND
AM
C
Endurance trapped
by ice
Jan. 19, 1915
LA
ND
Endurance crushed
by ice
Oct. 27, 1915
Endurance sinks
Nov. 21, 1915
Ocean Camp
Oct. 30–Dec. 23, 1915
Weddell Sea
Patience Camp
Jan. 1–April 9, 1916
Boats launched
Elephant I.
April 9, 1916
Clarence I.
Antarctic Circle
South
Orkney Is.
South
Sandwich Is.
SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
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Depart Grytviken
Dec. 5, 1914
Return to
South Georgia
May 9, 1916
South Georgia I.