Voyage of the James Caird
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title:
Voyage of the James Caird
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The voyage of the James Caird was a journey of 1,300 kilometres (800 mi) from Elephant Island in the South Shetland Islands through the Southern Ocean to South Georgia, undertaken by Sir Ernest Shackleton and five companions to obtain rescue for the main body of the stranded Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914–1917. Many historians regard the voyage of the crew in a 22.5-foot (6.9 m) ship's boat through the "Furious Fifties" as the greatest small-boat journey ever completed. In October 1
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Small-boat journey by Sir Ernest Shackleton and five companions
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyage_of_the_James_Caird
date created:
2004-10-08T06:59:05Z
date modified:
2024-08-28T06:44:20Z
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