19th of May
Historical Antarctic Pictures and Events
1916 - Shackleton, Worsley, and Crean finding themselves on the wrong side of mountainous South Georgia set out to get help for their men still on Elephant Island. No-one had ever ventured more than a mile inland here and it is the start of winter. "Up at 2am, hoosh and off under the moon and clear sky, heavy going as we sink to our ankles in snow at each step"
