Author : Richard McElrea,David Harrowfield
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2004-08-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9780773572454
Polar Castaways by Richard McElrea,David Harrowfield Pdf
The task of the Ross Sea component of the expedition was to lay the all-important depots in support of the traverse party to be led by Shackleton. The party was dogged from the outset by lack of funds and inadequate preparation. Matters were made even worse when, in May 1915, their ship "Aurora" was carried away from its winter moorings, leaving ten men stranded and without proper equipment and supplies. At great personal hardship and cost they went on to lay the depots across the Ross Ice Shelf to Mount Hope. Three men died during this courageous and perilous endeavour. "Aurora," refitted in New Zealand, eventually sailed south amidst considerable controversy to rescue the seven survivors.