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“Out of whose womb came the ice? And the hoary frost of Heaven, who hath gendered it? The waters are hid as with a stone. And the face...

Today is my uncle Patrick's funeral. He lived the last 40+ years of his life in a beautiful place off the east coast of Spain called...

Thomas Orde-Lees was a naval officer who was part of the crew of the SS Endurance and served as a motor expert and storekeeper. ...

Life doesn't always turn out exactly the way we planned it. Like a sinking ship, sometimes our ideas don't pan out and we have to either...

When I read Alfred Lansing's account of the voyage of the SS Endurance, I was struck by how Shackleton's journey was rife with uncanny...

Shackleton was a man of discipline, hope, and humor. He had an amazingly buoyant spirit and took the practice of staying lighthearted...

One of the things that inspired me most about Shackleton as I was researching his story, was his wisdom in leading his crew. He was a...

NO FORCE ON EARTH Oil on panel “The northerly gale had compressed and crowded the whole Weddell Sea pack against the face of the land,...

Here are some of the major events that spanned the first year of Shackleton's jouney south: The timeline for the Endurance’s journey...

My encounter with the voyage of the SS Endurance was a fortuitous one. I was visiting a former client who owned a wooden boat shop and...