9th of May
Historical Antarctic Pictures and Events
1914 - Dogs on the deck of Shackleton's Endurance sailing south to Antarctica. There was usually nowhere for the dogs to go on Heroic Age ships other than on deck where they were swept by wind and sea too in rough weather. Tied up and no chance of exercise until the ship made landfall.
1916 - The James Caird with Shackleton has reached South Georgia but is unable to land and riding hurricane force winds offshore "Wallowing in a terrible sea, mountainous swell and furious winds conspiring to take us to our destruction".
