[KamperKen]

"An utterly remarkable endeavor"

That still understates what is the greatest story of survival I've ever read. I've read both Alfred Lansing's "Endurance" and Shackleton's "South" and the story is touched upon in other books on polar exploration.

As I commented in another discussion thread, if Shackleton had taken dogs instead of ponies on the Nimrod expedition he would have been the first to make it to the south pole in 1908 or 1909.

I envy that you got to see the James Caird.

[rlmorel]

Yes...they had her set up in a circular room with the ocean being projected on the walls all around. Remarkable. Shackleton was a real man, a real leader.