22nd of June
Historical Antarctic
Pictures and Events
Ernest Shackleton, Trans Antarctic Expedition on the ship Endurance, 1914 - 1917.
1916 - Elephant Island, Lunch, 12 mouldy nut foodbars, 20 biscuits and 4 sledging rations boiled together, there is nothing so delicious! Dense fog, no pack ice. Dinner another triumph, followed by toasts and a concert.
- "...and so ended
one of the happiest days of my life" - Orde-Lees
