&quot;more than 1,200 whalers stranded until they were eventually rescued by other whaling ships in the area. <i>No one died in the incident</i>.&quot;<p>That just amazes me, how diligently seamen sought to protect their own (and explorers) during that era, under the most extreme conditions.<p>Ernest Shackleton&#x27;s failed South Pole expedition is another example -- <i>every single man returned alive</i>.