LONDON.—A long dispatch from
Lient. Sir Ernest Shackleton, who has
arrived at I’ort Stanley, Falkland isl
ands, describes the misfortunes which
overtook his Antarctic expedition. His
ship Endurance was pierced by- ice
bergs and sank in the Weddell sea
on November 20, having been aban
doned by all hands on October 27.
Shackleton and his crew reached
Elephant island on April 14 in boats
after a series of privations and suf
ferings in the drift ice, several of the
party being then on the verge of ph> -
sical collapse.
Owing to the seriousness of the
food situation and the impossibility
of finding any very satisfactory camp
ing place on the bleak coast. Shackle
ton decided to make an effort to reach
South Georgia, 76(1 miles distance,
leaving the main party on Elephant
island in charge of Frank Wild, the
second in command.
Lieut. Shackleton left on April 24
with five volunteers. Then ensued
a fortnight of terrible struggles
against blizzards and other difficul
ties, but finally the west coast of
South Georgia was sighed. After a
mightly effort lasting two days they
succeeded in beaching their boat, and
four days later arrived safely at the
head of King Haakon bay. On May
1‘J they started to cross the island,
reaching the Stormness' whaling sta
tion on May 20. There they obtained
an 80-foot Norwegian whaler for a
attempt to relieve the men left be
hind.
The whaler started south with a
voluntary crew on May 26, but they
found the ice too formidable for an
unprotected boat and after several
attempts reluctantly decided to turn
north for assistance to the Falk
lands.
The party on the beach at Ele
phant island were all well when
Shackleton left on April 24. They
had five weeks’ provisions, with the
possibility of reinforcing these by the
capture of seals.
The work of the expedition to date,
says Lieut. Shackleton, includes the
discovery of 200 miles of new coast
line, a complete hydrographical sur
vey of the Weddell sea, the elimina
tion of South Greenland from the map,
important biological observations,
mincma records to October 30, and
photographic records up to date.
As far as is known not a single
man of the expedition lost his life
but the anxiety will not be at tin end
until till the men now marooned in
the South Polar regions have been
accounted for. Lient. Shackleton’s
story is a narrative of conquest by
sheer courage and endurance of diffi
culties as nearly insurmountable as
ever a similar expedition encountered.
Almost from the first after starting
from South Georgia in December, 1914.
Shackleton’s shir) the Endurance, ex
perienced unfavorable conditions.
LONDON, June 2.—"I am, of
course, glad to hear the good nows
concerning my husband, but I am
still anxious to know how his com
panions have fared,” said Lady
Shackleton last evening. "The twen
ty two men who were Jeft behind in
the cold in the ice cliffs on Elephant
island and the five men who accom
panied Sir Ernest have my sincerest
sympathy, and it is a relief to me to
1 hope it will be possible shortly for
the safety of the whole party to be
placed beyond doubt.
“The last time I heard from my
husband was in December, 1914. Na
turally, I had already begun to give
up hope of seeing him again When
the present news came I was over
" joyed. I am also concerned about the
Aurora and the welfare of the Hums i
•sea party who had hoped to meet Sir
Ernest across the trans-Antarctic
continent. But t shall always think I
of the endurance of the men and he
terrible privations they must have suf
fered during those Tut) miles through
tile ice held.”
Within a month the little ship was
forging r.s way through lie ice lot s. I
A new 11 id with a eo: it line of abom !
200 miles and great glaciers disebus,
ing inti tlie sea, w;.-j discovered .In
mg this period. Figure maps well
show this latest i.ad tion to Bt ' .di
territory, named Ciird coast but wilt!
contain no mentioi of New S alii '
Greenland, which So. ckleton pro ! '
to hit;- 1 < an a myth. Shack - <-»'s |
soundings in Ihe region heretofore i
charted on the maps of New South'
Greenland are declared to have
shown 1,901 fathoms of water.
Satisfaction over this achievement1
was soon afterward overshadowed by
a foreboding that tlie approaching I
season was lively to bo an abnormal i
one. A “great migration of thou
sands of seals northward" was ob
served. They were escaping from a
doom of which they were forewarned
by instinct. The Eudurance pushed
on, only to meet with worse condi
tions. At length, she became wedged
in icc floes, while liorgs lowered above
her as though they might at any
lime overwhelm the vessel. Kur weeks
on end the Eudurance resisted tie
pressure, hut on August it was ap
parent she must be crushed into a
mass of splinters. Tlie party was then
forced to make camp on one of the
ice floes.
Then came the end of the Endur
ance. “The terrific pressure,” says
Shucklcton, “terminated in the tear
ing out of her stern and rudder
posts.” The main deck drove up
wards, ice cut into the hull, the firek
were extinguished and, caught in a
trap from which there was no es
cape, tlie vessel became u hopeless
wreck.
Tlie little party of explorers found
themselves strangers in a frozen
•world of their own. They were tin
sole inhabitants of the licld of ici.
Their only substance was Ihe small
supply of provisions taken from tin
lost ship before she was abandoned
and their onlv hone of safet.i was
residing in three small boats. Days
of danger followed j An attempt to
escape was foiled after a period oi
fruitless effort.
“At limes,” says Shackh ton, "tin
various units were isolated on sep
arate floes."
There was nothing to be done but
retreat and await developments.
1’alienee Camp was set up and
there these solitary men passed Feb
ruary and March of last year, slow
ly drifting north. Winter descended
on them. They saw the desired land
at times, but could not reach it. At
length the floe on which they were
imprisoned split in pieces under the
influence of the swell, and the ma
rooned men had to take to their fra
gile boats.
Another floe was selected for tla
night's rest, tuit it broken up under
their tent. Then came a period of
I arduous boat work. The party was
• threatened by wind, sea and ice, un
til after many days and worn out by
hardships, they arrived at Elephant
I island on April 11. A gale was blow
ing, as though the elements had de
termined that no man should live.
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