Endurance: Shackleton's lost ship is found in Antarctic

bbc.com ^ | 3/9/22 | Jonathan Amos

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

Endurance: Shackleton's lost ship is found in Antarctic

Scientists have found and filmed one of the greatest ever undiscovered shipwrecks 107 years after it sank.

The Endurance, the lost vessel of Antarctic explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton, was found at the weekend at the bottom of the Weddell Sea.

The ship was crushed by sea-ice and sank in 1915, forcing Shackleton and his men to make an astonishing escape on foot and in small boats.

Video of the remains show Endurance to be in remarkable condition.

Even though it has been sitting in 3km (10,000ft) of water for over a century, it looks just like it did on the November day it went down.

Its timbers, although disrupted, are still very much together, and the name - Endurance - is clearly visible on the stern.

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

Yes I do have it! Thanks, I never heard of it, thanks will check it out

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

Thanks! Yes I have Amazon prime, i’ll look it up!

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

What freaked me out was the men trapped on Elephant Island. If Shackleton failed they would have been stuck there forever

[Western Phil]

Its been a while since I studied this, but if I remember right, the cat went down with the ship.

[thecodont]

What freaked me out was the men trapped on Elephant Island. If Shackleton failed they would have been stuck there forever

I have to give credit to the leader of the group left behind on the island (name currently escapes me) who not only kept the men alive and enforced discipline, but also boosted morale and did not let the hope of rescue die. "Perhaps today the Boss will be back," he would say. And one day it came true.

[thecodont]

Its been a while since I studied this, but if I remember right, the cat went down with the ship.

I remember reading that Shackleton (once they'd abandoned ship and were out on the ice) commanded that Mrs Chippy, the ship's carpenter's cat, be killed -- too much trouble to look after when the group's survival was at stake. The carpenter never forgave him for that, I think.

[twyn1]

Well, to be fair, they eventually ate the dogs, too.

I saw this posted earlier in the morning and searched for more information, pictures and printables — now have a 3 or 4 week combined Social Studies, Science and Geography lesson-pack for my home-schooled grandson.

It is an amazing story. Those men were definitely MEN!

[PIF]

And they didn’t have Gore-Tex foul weather gear and down jackets. Wool.
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Wool is better actually - the others, once water soaks through, are worthless - wool remains warm when wet. Wool caps and wool gloves are still the best for long cold exposure. Its just more expensive and harder to find. They also used seal-skin fur-lined slickers.

Arctic and Antarctic weather is not just foul, its horrible cold, then it gets colder.

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

Yes! I remember reading that! He made it a point to say it every day! What’s really crazy is once they were rescued they went to fight in WW1 and a lot of them were killed.

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

Oh wow that’s great. I bet it looked pretty small in person

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

Yes, that’s exactly what happened. Here’s a whole article and a photo of him. McNish even has a statue of Mr. Chippy on his grave.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mrs_Chippy

[Ezekiel]

I have to give credit to the leader of the group left behind on the island (name currently escapes me) who not only kept the men alive and enforced discipline, but also boosted morale and did not let the hope of rescue die. "Perhaps today the Boss will be back," he would say. And one day it came true.

Endurance:

Matthew 24

12 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.
13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.

Drink!

On the bottle itself, the raised (boss) lettering on the back reads like this:

I BELIEVE IT IS IN OUR

NATURE TO EXPLORE,

TO REACH OUT INTO

THE UNKNOWN

ERNEST SHACKLETON

[rlmorel]

Well I can vouch for that, and I understand that completely about wool. I was in the Navy back in the Seventies, and they still issued decent pea coats at that time. I loved that coat. Wore it many years.

I had it for years, then it was left somewhere, and got moldy and rotted. I bought another one, but...it was thin, had a stupid satin liner that started tearing, and it wasn't that warm.

A couple of months ago, after griping about that jacket for years, I went out and decided to buy a good one. (My wife got tired of hearing me gripe)

I found this one, a Classic 32 oz Melton Wool Navy Pea Coat When I saw the price, I blanched. I thought I would spend $150, but this one was over $300...on sale.

Well, I have not been spending much money since February 2020 for obvious reasons and had a lot saved up, so I pulled the trigger on it.

Holy crap.

When it arrived, it weighs a ton. It is thick and completely dense, no wind gets through it, it has a collar you can put up which nearly goes to the top of your head, and the inside isn't that stupid satin liner, it is sewed and quilted. The day I got it was five degrees out, so I had to put it on...it is the warmest jacket I have ever owned, and the coolest looking one, too. LOL, I couldn't go for a walk more than around the block because there was ice everywhere, but...it was absolutely impervious to the weather!

And it is made in America...:)

I probably have only another decade or two of life, so...I doubt I will buy another winter jacket in my lifetime. I have never spent that kind of money on a jacket, but...what am gonna do? Take it with me? Absolutely love it.

Yeah...Wool!

[rlmorel]

It sure did. They had it in the middle of a circular room, and they had painted the walls all around it with a landscape of raging seas, dimmed the lights a bit, and had the sound of roaring ocean waves playing (not too loud)

The effect was a good one...you could imagine it, and yeah...it was small.

It reminded me of a book I read that they made a movie out of called “The Finest Hours” where back in 1952, two Liberty ships converted to tankers both broke in half within 50 miles of each other in a Nor’easter off Chatham, MA. They took a rescue launch out and rescued 32 men off the sinking stern of the ship and got them safely back to Chatham.

32 men...pretty good haul.

I was in Wellfleet, MA a few years back after I had read the book, and heard the actual boat, restored to a pristine state, was tied up to a dock, and you could go on it, so off we went.

Damn. I went on and looked around...I could not believe in any way, shape, or form they got 32 men plus the three man crew onto this boat, navigated it through a vicious Nor’Easter with all of them aboard, and made it to shore. It was mind-boggling to see.

Damn.

Those men were studs.

[rlmorel]

Gave me chills to read that quote.

Wow.

[rlmorel]

I don’t drink whiskey much since I drank nearly a fifth of Four Roses back when I was in A-School in Memphis to be a Navy Jet Mechanic.

But I am going to buy a bottle of that.

[RinaseaofDs]

What a picture. I’m an icebreaker sailor, and it amazes me anyone attempted any arctic/antarctic passages in wooden ships.

I’ve personally experienced what a 20 knot onshore breeze and a multiyear iceflow can do to a ship. We’d break ice backing and ramming all morning (with the daylight hours waning every day) and pass Dead Horse to our left. We’d secure from ice ops, wake up and Dead Horse is five degrees off our port bow.

We did that for a week straight before deciding we should take our chances and go clockwise around North America through the NW Passage.

[Vision]

If this was just found, what did they find a few years ago which contained his whisky (which was auctioned off)? Another ship?

[Ezekiel]

And speaking of (continuing with) the distillation of a [timely] message about Endurance and exploration and discovery (revelation), here's a photo of the Jameson distillery on Bow Street in Dublin. The old place became a tour destination:

"A good story cannot be devised, it has to be distilled."

Jameson ("son of Jacob") family motto (it's right on the labels):

SINE METU, "without fear":

There's a phrase in the Book of Esther frequently used in association with Purim: v'nahafoch hu, meaning it was turned upside down or the opposite happened. The irony of this phrase is really the theme of the whole Purim story itself.
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The Jews of Shushan whose lives were once threatened became empowered to not live in fear and create their own destiny. While this is an ancient story that happened in a town that no longer exists, the message of Purim remains true through the present day. It teaches people to be brave and embrace their Jewish identity.

https://katzjcc.org/jblog-purim/

Haman was doing it all wrong because "A good story cannot be devised, it has to be distilled."

Jameson ("son of Jacob") in Hebrew is ג'יימסון, which = 179, the same as "v'nahafoch hu" [ונהפוך הוא].

The quote is from Raymond Chandler, author of The Big Sleep which -- like Purim -- is known for its convoluted plot.

In Hebrew the book title is simply translated as The Big Sleep. Yet for the big screen, the title became "HaTardema Hagdolah", the big tardema (deep sleep, hibernation).

Same word used for Adam, Abram... 7x in the Bible as listed here. The last at

Isaiah 29:10. For the Lord has poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and has closed your eyes, the prophets; and has covered your heads, the seers:

The context is important so anyone interested can look it up.

Anyway, the relevant point is that the title "The Big Hibernation (sleep, trance)" [התרדמה הגדולה] = 707, same as the Purim Code

The 1946 film was released on August 23, 33 days ahead of year 707 and

159 days after "Purimfest 1946!" (March 17), the holiday that the convicted Nazi shouted out on the way to the gallows. March 17th is naturally always a big day for Jameson whiskey.

You can see from the title of the Hebrew Wikipedia page about Hamantash, that the name is the singular Haman's Ear [אוזן המן], which = 159.

Purim/St. Patrick's Day of 1946 + 159 days = release of "The Big Deep Sleep" -- HaTardema Hagdolah, 707, the Purim Code.

Known for its convoluted plot.

2022: Purim + St.Patrick's Day.

Anyone have an ear, for music? Here's a sweet song about Esther and identity, from the album "In Time":

Born To Be Blue

If someone were to read my history
They would know why it's no mystery
She's not ordinary; It's her love I carry
I was born, born to be blue..

***

And that's just the intro.

I hope readers are at least observing the addresses of the links I've posted. Take the one immediately above, for example.

Endurance was located 107 years after sinking in the deep blue sea. I recognized that number, same as:

The Star of David: Magen David [מגן דוד].

And Echo ["אקו"], the code word for E, the 5th letter of the English alphabet. So much repetition.

The grand irony is that this post distills right down to the photo at the top, directly above the word "distilled" in the quote about a good story, where

the Jameson ("son of Jacob") timeline display overhead reads "1970". I don't want to spoil the big surprise, however.

There's a phrase in the Book of Esther frequently used in association with Purim: v'nahafoch hu, meaning it was turned upside down or the opposite happened. The irony of this phrase is really the theme of the whole Purim story itself.

Gotta laugh -- 707 upside-down: LOL

SINE METU <---> NUSE TIME

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[Ezekiel]

If this was just found, what did they find a few years ago which contained his whisky (which was auctioned off)? Another ship?

The modern whisky was "based on an antique blend"... "the spirit supplied to the 1907 British Antarctic expedition".

(That's what is says on the label.)

About the whisky discovery:

https://www.thevintagenews.com/2019/10/16/shackleton-whisky/