# Endurance, 1915–1916: From Pack Ice to Elephant Island > Explore how Shackleton’s expedition survived the loss of Endurance, reached Elephant Island, and secured rescue through a small-boat voyage. Canonical URL: https://aristotree.com/harbor.notes/endurance-1915-1916-from-pack-ice-to-elephant-island Language: en Creator: harbor.notes Last modified: 2026-10-08T08:11:20.094Z Concepts: 10 Relationships: 14 This is a public, user-curated knowledge graph. Follow the cited sources when verifying claims. ## Concepts ### Endurance, 1915–1916: From Pack Ice to Elephant Island Explore how Shackleton’s expedition survived the loss of Endurance, reached Elephant Island, and secured rescue through a small-boat voyage. Topics: history, historical episode Sources: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Trans-Antarctic_Expedition - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Trans-Antarctic_Expedition?action=history - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ ### Elephant Island Elephant Island is an ice-covered, mountainous island off the coast of Antarctica in the outer reaches of the South Shetland Islands, in the Southern Ocean. Topics: history, historical episode Sources: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephant_Island - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephant_Island?action=history - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ ### Frank Worsley Frank Arthur Worsley was a New Zealand sailor and explorer who served on Ernest Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914–1916, as captain of Endurance. He also served in the Royal Navy Reserve during the First World War. Topics: history, historical episode Sources: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Worsley - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Worsley?action=history - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ ### Endurance (1912 ship) Endurance was the three-masted barquentine in which Sir Ernest Shackleton and a crew of 27 men sailed for the Antarctic on the 1914–1917 Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition. The ship, originally named Polaris, was built at Framnæs shipyard and launched in 1912 from Sandefjord in Norway. Topics: history, historical episode Sources: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endurance_(1912_ship) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endurance_(1912_ship)?action=history - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ ### Frank Wild John Robert Francis Wild was an English sailor and explorer. Topics: history, historical episode Sources: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Wild - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Wild?action=history - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ ### Ernest Shackleton Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton was an Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer who led three British expeditions to the Antarctic. He was one of the principal figures of the period known as the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. Topics: history, historical episode Sources: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Shackleton - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Shackleton?action=history - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ ### South Georgia South Georgia is an island in the South Atlantic Ocean that is part of the British Overseas Territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. It lies around 1,400 kilometres east of the Falkland Islands. Topics: history, historical episode Sources: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Georgia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Georgia?action=history - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ ### Voyage of the James Caird The voyage of the James Caird was a journey of 1,300 kilometres (700 nmi) from Elephant Island in the South Shetland Islands through the Southern Ocean to South Georgia, undertaken by Sir Ernest Shackleton and five companions to obtain rescue for the main body of Topics: history, historical episode Sources: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyage_of_the_James_Caird - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyage_of_the_James_Caird?action=history - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ ### Yelcho (1906 tug) Yelcho was a tugboat built in 1906 by the Scottish firm Geo. Brown and Co. of Greenock, on the River Clyde for towage and cargo service of the Chilean Sociedad Ganadera e Industrial Yelcho y Palena, Puerto Montt. Topics: history, historical episode Sources: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yelcho_(1906_tug) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yelcho_(1906_tug)?action=history - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ ### Luis Pardo Luis Alberto Pardo Villalón was a Chilean Navy officer who, in August 1916, commanded the steam tug Yelcho to rescue the 22 stranded crewmen of Sir Ernest Shackleton's ship, Endurance, part of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition. Topics: history, historical episode Sources: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Pardo - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Pardo?action=history - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ ## Relationships - Endurance, 1915–1916: From Pack Ice to Elephant Island — related_to → Ernest Shackleton: Expedition leader - Endurance, 1915–1916: From Pack Ice to Elephant Island — related_to → Endurance (1912 ship): Crushed expedition ship - Endurance, 1915–1916: From Pack Ice to Elephant Island — related_to → Frank Worsley: Navigator - Endurance, 1915–1916: From Pack Ice to Elephant Island — related_to → Frank Wild: Led stranded party - Endurance, 1915–1916: From Pack Ice to Elephant Island — related_to → Voyage of the James Caird: Rescue voyage - Endurance, 1915–1916: From Pack Ice to Elephant Island — related_to → Elephant Island: Crew refuge - Endurance, 1915–1916: From Pack Ice to Elephant Island — related_to → South Georgia: Rescue destination - Endurance, 1915–1916: From Pack Ice to Elephant Island — related_to → Luis Pardo: Rescue captain - Endurance, 1915–1916: From Pack Ice to Elephant Island — related_to → Yelcho (1906 tug): Final rescue vessel - Ernest Shackleton — related_to → Endurance (1912 ship): Led its expedition - Frank Worsley — related_to → Voyage of the James Caird: Navigated the voyage - Frank Wild — related_to → Elephant Island: Led camp here - Luis Pardo — related_to → Yelcho (1906 tug): Commanded rescue ship - Voyage of the James Caird — related_to → South Georgia: Reached South Georgia