Despite all the odds stacked against them, the crew of the tiny boat reached South Georgia in 16 days and then crossed to the whaling station at Stromness.
24th April 1916: Sir Ernest Shackleton and five companions set off in James Caird, a recovered lifeboat, to sail from Elephant Island to South Georgia in the southern Atlantic Ocean
- 24th April 2022
- Tagged as: Adventure, Antarctica, Atlantic, Boat, Elephant Island, Expedition, Exploration, Sailing, Sheckleton, South Georgia
