Route taken by Shackleton and his party
South
Atlantic Ocean
Uruguay
South Georgia
Position of Endurance
recorded by Captain Frank Worsley. The wreck was found just four miles south
Argentina
Falkland Islands
Weddell
Sea
Chile
Elephant
Island
Ronne Ice Shelf
Antarctica
South
Pacific Ocean
Ross Ice Shelf
1,000 km
1,000 miles
Route taken by Shackleton and his party
South Georgia
South
Atlantic
Ocean
3
Falkland Islands
Weddell
Sea
Argentina
2
1
Chile
Elephant
Island
Ronne
Ice Shelf
South
Pacific Ocean
Antarctica
1,000 km
1,000 miles
1. Original Position of Endurance recorded by
captain Frank Worsley. The wreck was found just
four miles south.
2. After camping on the ice floes for five months, Shackleton and his party sailed in the lifeboats to Elephant Island.
3. Shackleton, Worsley and four others sailed 800 miles to South Georgia.