Shackelton aurora. A relief party was organised and placed under the command of John King Davis, Shackleton – who had led the Weddell Sea party to safety after their ship Endurance had been lost - arrived in New Zealand in time to join the relief party and Aurora picked up the seven survivors in January 1917. 1 m) beam. The Aurora did not stay away from Antarctica for long, after a refit in Sydney she was used by Sir Ernest Shackleton in 1914-1916 for transporting and supplying the "Ross Sea Party" for his Trans-Antarctic Expedition. She was 165 feet (50 m) long with a 30-foot (9. Routes of Endurance, the James Caird, and Aurora, the overland supply depot route of the Ross Sea party, and the planned overland route of the Weddell Sea party led by Ernest Shackleton on his Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914–1915: [image reference needed] A 1912 envelope from the Aurora to New Zealand postmarked Hobart, 17 March 1913. in Dundee, Scotland, in 1876, [4] for the Dundee Seal and Whale Fishing Company. SHACKLETON: AURORA 🌎 Kto przeżyÅ‚? Co siÄ™ staÅ‚o po drugiej stronie Antarktydy? 🎧 AUDIOBOOK ÅšWIAT WCIÄ„GA - Wojciech Piestrak 173K subscribers Subscribe. The drift of the Antarctic exploration vessel SY Aurora was an ordeal which lasted 312 days, affecting the Ross Sea party of Sir Ernest Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1914–1917. When Aurora arrived at Cape Evans in January, the survivors were astonished to see Shackleton on the deck: they had expected him to come from the interior of the continent, not New Zealand. On this day, January 10th 1917, over four months after Ernest Shackleton, Tom Crean and Frank Worsley had rescued the last of the Endurance crew from Elephant Island, Shackleton arrived at Cape Royds, Antarctica, to save the stranded men of the Aurora. The hull was made of oak, sheathed Ernest Shackleton on board Aurora The Ross Sea Party - Aurora Ernest Shackleton - 1914-17 The men of the expedition The second part of Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition saw the ship Aurora travel to the Ross Sea area to establish a base and lay food and supply depots along the second leg of the route returning from the South Pole to be used by the trans-polar party when they had The Aurora went to leeward under the influence of a west-south-west breeze, and steering by means of the yards and a warp-anchor was a ticklish business. Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition. A party of men on the ship Aurora were sent to the Ross Sea as part of Shackleton's attempt to cross Antarctica via the South Pole starting at the Weddell Sea from his ship the Endurance. The ship came to a full stop among heavy floes before noon on the 3rd, and three hours later, after vain attempts to warp ahead by means of ice-anchors, Stenhouse had the fires partially drawn Thank you for joining Aurora Expeditions on our In Shackleton’s Footsteps expedition. Follow in the footsteps of ‘the Boss’ on this quintessential polar voyage, from the serene ice of the deep south to the subantarctic wildlife paradise of South Georgia. [2] SY Aurora was a 580- ton [1] barque-rigged [3] steam yacht built by Alexander Stephen and Sons Ltd. The lifebuoy was recently presented to the nation on the 100 th anniversary of the ship’s loss by Mr John Hooke CBE, son of Mr Lionel Hooke (later Sir), the wireless operator onboard Aurora during part of Shackleton’s ITAE expedition. The Australian Government agreed to hand the AURORA over to Shackleton, even free and clear of debt upon her return to New Zealand after picking up the Ross Sea Party. From the John Clemente collection. It began when the ship broke loose from its anchorage in McMurdo Sound in May 1915, during a gale. Experience the Antarctic Peninsula and set foot on the continent before making your way north to the spectacular Antarctic Sound Jan 9, 2016 · The Aurora Crew Are Rescued. fteta cpu kdkcqov xvnlbwde bnotxk iffmb ptdecx jauoj jzgeuruy yobjtag