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Day 40, Wednesday, March 5 2025 - Antarctic Peninsula Expedition Cruising (Day 4 in Antarctica) - Cruising near Elephant Island
Elephant Island in 1916 became immortalized as the scene of the beyond-all-odds survival story that was Ernest Shackleton’s ill-fated Antarctic expedition.
After their ship Endurance was lost to the treacherous ice in the Weddell Sea, the 28 crew were forced to make a perilous escape attempt.
After months in open boats and stuck on drifting ice sheets, the team arrived at Elephant Island.
Here they set up a base to stay at Point Wild while Shackleton and five members of his crew set sail in an open lifeboat for South Georgia (800 miles away to seek a rescue ship).
There is a monument to Shackleton at Point Wild. This marks the spot where the crew survived for four and a half months of vicious Antarctic winter.
Endurance Glacier was named after Shackleton’s lost ship.
Elephant Island’s rocky terrain is home of many Chinstrap Penguins and seals.
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