Episode 20: Shackleton

If there was ever a man with a sense of adventure and a roaming spirit, it was Earnest Shackleton. 

Earnest left school at the age of 16 to join the Merchant Navy. After that, he spent four years learning his trade as an apprentice on a square-rigged sailing ship.

He then trained to be an officer, working his way up through the ranks. In 1898 he earned his master mariner certificate and got a job as an officer on the Union Castle line. 

He primarily did the sailing route between London and South Africa.  Shackleton was a man of resolute character.

And just a few weeks ago, we were reminded of the perseverance of Shackleton and his crew.

SHOW NOTES:

:10 Shackleton’s Younger Life

:40 The Discovery of the Endurance

2:07 The Man Behind the Story

3:00 1901 - RSS Discovery

3:40 Shackleton Returns to England

4:00 Working for Beardmore

4:07 The Nimrod

5:15 The Boss

6:00 The Next Great Adventure

7:15 The Women Applicants

8:00 All Male Crew

8:15 The Ship

9:20 Setting Sail

9:50 They Reach the Sea

10:00 Stuck at Ice

11:25 The Escape

12:30 Heading to Elephant Island

13:40 Departure to South Georgia

14:30 South Georgia Trekking

15:22 Rescuing the 22 Men on Elephant Island

17:15 Shackleton’s Final Adventure

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