Survival! The Shackleton Story
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- To license this clip go to www.natgeomotio... Sir Ernest Shackleton and his crew took bitter defeat and turned it into heroic survival.Early this century, members of the imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition watched as their ship, the Endurance was crushed by the frozen sea.They were left with no radio and no hope of rescue.For more than a year, they drifted on packed ice, surviving on seal, penguin, and eventually dog meat, while battling freezing temperatures and mind-numbing boredom.When Shackleton, along with all 28 members of the expedition, emerged at Stromness whaling station in May, 1916, almost two years after their departure, the world was shocked.
You know what I like best about older documentaries like this one? No cheesy "re-enactments"! Just a narrator, archival pictures and film, and interviews with people. Unlike today's clichéd and "fake drama" documentaries.
+delavalmilker Good point, I hate it when trashy documentary makers recruit the "local drama society" to act out various roles.
+delavalmilker so right...
+delavalmilker Yes -they were very fortunate to have such great archieve film and photos , consideering they actually filmed the moment the mast cracked and lots besides. They dumped much of what they had shot when the ship went down because of the weight. So much more of the film lies at the bottom of the antartic - what the ice takes, it keeps
+richard lawless National Geographic published a few of the colour photographs (plates) salvaged from the ship. The quality is amazing for 1915.
Yes I read that article around 12/15 years ago. That is what first set my interest in Shackleton. Beautiful pictures indeed. Cheers
At the end it said that he never accomplished any of his goals, I think he did way more. Hie goals were to keep his men alive, he did that with true heroism.
Yes, I thought that was a strange comment to finish with too. Achieved much more than crossing the Antarctic would have done.
Yes very true, this was much more than his accomplishments
fazerphil my thoughts exactly,if its not a movie it would sure make a good one.Brad pitt could be the boss.
Even his south pole trip was a failure, but he turned back to to save the men. He placed human life above human achievement.
THE CAPTAIN WAS THE HERO OF THE ENTIRE STORY. NOT SHACKLETON.
The fact that there is actual footage from this amazing story over 100 years ago is beyond mind blowing. Humans are absolutely nuts
The camera was the prize amongst what they kept safe
Tough son of a guns! Insane how not one of them died
Imagine one of these men living today. They would concor the entire planet.
Cant even believe that the film and cameras functioned properly within the brutal extreme cold.
@@michaelbruns449my iPhone doesn’t work too well when it’s-30°C.
That has to be the most incredible story I have ever heard. I worry about being able to withstand a 60 hour event and these men did what seemed like the impossible. And as I listen to it all and think of what an amazing story it is and all they endured, the ending points out that Shakleton failed at everything he set out to do. So even though he failed at it all, he still had the ambition to succeed which was surviving and making sure all his crew remained sane and survived. Absolutely amazing!!!
Check his competitor Robert Falcon Scott’s story too. You won’t be disappointed.
Read the book "The Endurance" this doc hit only the highlights.
Yes, the book to read is Endurance by Alfred Lansing; very well written.
Wilde, an awesome leader in his own right.
Frank Worsley, probably one of the most skilled navigators and open boat handelers in history
Crean, a legend
This is one of the best endurance stories I've ever heard in my life.
Somebody should've shown that weasel captain of the Costa Concordia this story.
+Madlifey Ok! I think you mean Costa Concordia
+Berthasfave1 Hahahahahaha your right....Hahahahahaha.... that was great!!
The boss achieved many goals. He's still famous today because of his achievement and survival instincts. What a great achievement.
I'm only thirteen and read the book last year but the part where the trio walks into town and the children run away and men gaze at them in a trance not only sent shivers down my spine but made me tear up it was so incredible.
I think it's important in that the children who saw Shackleton, Worsley, and Crean were only a couple years younger than him. He could see himself as one of those kids and imagine their shock when they witnessed these ghastly figures coming from within the unlivable island.
@@dn8601
I read it at 14, back in 74, and it changed the way I grew up. So good on to this young mate
Good on young mate.
Sailing from Elephant Island 850 miles across the Southern Ocean thru winter gales to South Georgia Island, a mere speck in the ocean is considered the greatest small boat passage ever achieved... right alongside Captain Bligh's mutiny self-rescue, 3,000 miles across the South Pacific.
Iron men, wooden ships, truly men to emulate. Read on young soul, read on
@ITubaUTuba I have to agree now that I think about it , what I said was kind of wrong and sounded a bit passive aggressive even if I didnt mean for it and I dont really find anything wrong with his post at the moment , its always good when people at that age read good books that challenge their mind.
Tommy Petraglia has
What an amazing story of endurance, perseverance, determination and a strong brotherhood. These men are not like the sissified men we see today that need their safe spaces. I’m glad my husband, son, son n law, are real men and our grandkids are being raised tuff!!!!
Wow, just wow. I was lead here by Robert Greene's "Laws of Human Nature", where he talked about Shackleton's leadership and how "the Boss" was constantly listening to his men, prevented any downturn in attitude. This required almost an inhuman effort to keep his own ego out of the way and be the calm, confident leader he needed to be in this gruellingly long time. According to Greene, the first time Shackleton lost his cool during all this time was when reaching the South Georgian island, they had trouble reaching the coast because of the storm. At the same time a bird was flying next to the boat quite effortlessly. Shackleton lashed out at the bird in anger. Realising later that he'd lost his cool, he apologised. THE ONLY TIME he got angry. What an immense character!
Robert Green is a weak pen pusher with his own slanted view. Anger and personal prode drove Shakleton. " Being calm" is the pussified emasculated feminised modern neo liberal western interpretation of leadership but many men including shakleton are great leaders as their anger drives and rouses the troops makes them want to die for their leader and pushes them to limits they didnt know they had
Just got done reading this book a few minutes ago... what an amazing story! Can't imagine enduring what they did.. True grit and undaunted courage
Did Ernest Shakleton have true grit? Not half
I'm surprised such an inspiring story of survival and hardship hasn't been adapted to film yet!
It has been done by BBC, stars Kenneth Branagh as Shackleton.
+Hoplite Warlord Oh wonderful, I'd love to see it!
+Hoplite Warlord Yeah and they'll not let it up on YT.
+Noodles37UK That's a shame, this great survival story should be promoted everywhere. I always think of this story whenever I feel like giving up and it gets my spirit going again!
I found it shocking, scary imagining them standing at the shores of Elephant Island setting off into a freezing grey horizon for South Georgia. They'd no choice.Hoplite Warlord
I never get tired of hearing this amazing survival story.
how fortunate for all of us the photographer took all these photos for us. !
What an incredible story. Shackleton was a rare breed of leaders. The Endurance was just discovered so I wanted to learn more about him and his expeditions.
The ice and freezing cold definitely makes this story unique. And the rest of the world there are probably 99 lost expeditions for everyone who had such a heroic story. Captain Bligh comes to mind in that category, not for his conduct upon the bounty but for his seamanship after he was marooned.
If you enjoyed this documentary you must read the National Geographic book The Endurance, by Caroline Alexander. It goes into much more detail with excellent writing, and the big bonus is that the book is chock full of high resolution photographs by the expedition's photographer, Frank Hurley. The author writes fascinating descriptions of how those left behind on Elephant Island lived, survived, sheltered, etc., and the construction or rather reinforcement of the open row boat Shackelton and skeleton crew sailed to S. Georgia Island. And much more. I must call out the producer of this video as having a great error. At the 23:48 mark the men on shore are depicted as joyfully waving to a rowboat with Shackleton coming in for the final rescue. Wrong, wrong, wrong. That photograph was taken months earlier as Shackleton was leaving the men behind on the journey to S. Georgia Island whaling station; the men in this photo are cheering him on, waving goodbye and Godspeed. Shackleton is the epitome of a great leader. "Ernest Shackleton never achieved any of his goals." Well, I thought his goal of saving the lives of his crew more than once, through great courage and sacrifice, was a pretty darn good, well achieved goal!
Pete, thank you for your comment! I just ordered the book. I am excited to read it. Cheers!
@@OSRS16 You're welcome. I had forgotten I wrote that post 2 years ago. A few months ago I read the book again for about the 5th time cover to cover, you will be pleased with your purchase.
Wow. Quite a story. I’m glad to have stumbled across this.
It is hard to wrap your head around sailing a rowboat in the part of the world these men did. Incredible
Great video to watch after reading the book.
what an amazing testament to that little bit of grit or sand at the bottom of a human being, that is responsible for so much of what we value in life.
A great documentary, i really enjoyed it, those men deserve true admiration and Respect.
Just read the book Endurance chronicling this event it is unbelievable that they survived, such an extraordinary piece of history i had never heard of till i read that book a pleasant surprise
People always feel sorry for the guy climbing and pushing through snow and against wind, dangling on a rope over an abyss, but who do you think films all of that? Who rounds around to find an angle best suited for the shot? Who carries all that heavy equipment around all the time? It's amazing that documentaries never mention the cameramen.
I think Bear Grills had a single episode dedicated to the cameramen who filmed him around. Turned out they do double work.
Perhaps the greatest adventure of all times. An heroic event of epic proportions.
Incredible story. Good thing that history did not forget. I first heard of Shackleton from reading HP Lovecraft's At The Mountains of Madness and I was curious about the great Antarctic explorers. This was really great, thank you! amazing they were able to preserve footage from this adventure.
The real amazing survival story is how the footage from this event survived.
The photographer on the voyage left the film in copper containers soldered to seal them. The photos in some cases sat for months or even years before they could be developed. You guys really need to read the books dedicated to this adventure. If a movie could be made of this, it would be epic on the scale of Lord of the Rings.
This is the way a real boss has to act!
HE may have lost the race for the pole and failed to cross Antarctica, but he definitely won my respect!
unbelievable! what a story! respect!
Man that footage is crazy, I thought it was fake. Those men had the adventure of their life.
He may never have achieved his own goals, but he achieved the even more impossible goals that life sent him. Goals that mere mortals should never have to face or be able to contemplate achieving.
Just an extraordinary incredible story of the human spirit and survival never to be repeated!
In an other video, there is some criticism of Shackleton on several judgement errors he made. Also, Frank Worsley, accordingly, deserves much more credit for the survival of all. History seldom gets it 100% right!
Tom Crean also
He turned tragedy into triumph, having saved the lives of his entire crew in way less than ideal circumstances. He wanted to save the lives of every, single one of his men. Done. Goal accomplished. A feat worthy of a god.
These really were men. The navigator must have been a top-notch mathematician.
the amazing thing is that on the trip to South Georgia in the open boat, he had almost no chance to use any navigational aids due to the rough weather. 800+ miles in the worst seas on earth, buffeted by incredible winds and waves and unknown currents, and he hit a bulls-eye on tiny South Georgia--a one in a million chance--almost entirely on dead reckoning
Thank you so much for posting this I know the story I have the book but this brought it to life so vividly🇬🇧🇬🇧
fantastic man that Shackleton....
When the ice floe first began cracking the ship till the eventual abandonment of ship must have been an excruciating weight of pressure upon the men.......
Night after night, the mind conjurs the sligjt sound of cracks and snaps, imagining shifts in position, the straining of wood-mettal-ice, ever so subtle.
The pressure upon them surpassed only ny the pressure of the ice waiting to delete their vessel.
Kudos to the Chilean navy for rescuing the crew, after many failed attempts.
My dads dad knows shacklton and iam not lying he also went throuh ww1 and ww2 how cool is that!
Farah Adil knew, you mean, because Shackleton died in 1922..
So your grandfather...
I know that he went to ww1 amd ww2
They really need to change that ending... who cares that he didn’t achieve “his goals?” He wanted to keep his men alive and he did so against all odds! That’s what needs to be highlighted at the end.
"A man must shape himself to a new mark directly the old one goes to ground, I pray God, I can manage to get the whole party to civilization.” This is from his diary and it just shows" okay first goal not going to happen let's look at the next goal". By Saving these men he accomplished something far greater in my opinion than his original Mission.
I have read and see so many accts. of ES....the efforts of his leadership astound me and make me cry...it's not about reaching a goal.... it's about changing goals suddenly from exploration to surviving and making it..... my family has been in NYC for 5 generations--we preceded the Yuppies, when poor people settled in Manhattan (yeah, they really did, ha).
I'm not a Republican. My uncle escaped Tower I of the World Trade Cts. w 10 mins. to spare and lead out a bunch of others. He was a draftsman for the Port Authority and I remember him working on the bldg. plans in the 70s. Guess what I'm trying to say is that when Guliani was mayor (did I spell that rt.?) he was able to switch leadership priority from dumb stuff like the speed limit on the W. Side Hwy to getting the city running and on track. A good leader, Juliani or Shacjleton, knows how to switch priorities from one day to then next....be it survivel, the speed limit or discovering the next ice berg. Hope people understand what I mean. I am a great idea person, but IN NO WAY AM I A LEADER. I SUCK AT MANAGEMeENT. Thank God for these people--I could never be them.
Respect and then some .... at school they talked about Robert Scott more. But this guy is like a Gandalf. Will go to then ends of the earth .... Scaling down that Glacier with two others battered and bruised with the ropes wrapped around them after a humongous trek from Antartica and South Georgia Island. I would have already shit my pants already.
Big Up Shackleton and all his crew 🙏🏽
👏👏👏human endurance!!!👍👍😘😘
Incredible.
They need to do a movie on this epic story!!!!
totally pissed away by commercial interruptions lol. emesis
I hate that too man.
those were a totally different breed of men that no long exists.
one hell of a captain too
I'm sure they cuddled up with each other and had sex.
Oh get off of it. Men of true strength have existed and proved themselves through millenia. just because you are a beta male doesnt mean you get to pass judgement
And how do you know this? There are incredible people all over the planet, you however just want to be a judgmental dick.
Astonauts being their closest contemporary counterpart?
How there has never been a movie about this awesome story of survival is beyond me. A great name would have been "Endurance"
There is a movie
@@jciwallcrawler3673 whats it called?
@@hassanakabrownfabiopiker4914 “Shackleton” made in 2002
Este documental no cuenta la historia completa del rescate ¿por qué?
Shackleton tuvo muchos intentos fallidos para llegar a rescatar en los buques a Isla Elefante
Fue cuando acude a Punta Arenas a la armada de Chile 🇨🇱donde se le asigna la misión de rescate al héroe nacional PILOTO PARDO quién navegó valientemente junto con Shackleton y fue quien los rescató ❄️👏
Viva Chile 🇨🇱❤️Viva Piloto Pardo
Someone should make a movie / mini series on this, like AMC's 'The Terror' but without the demon polar bear and fictional speculation.
They have made a mini series about it
the movie is called "Shackleton" -- made in 2002 -- it's excellent
What an amazing bit of history
Great moment in history.
I read about this in Robert Greene's book The Laws of Human Nature
Like the way Shackleton stays on the boat while all his men try and break the ice risking their lives
One part of the story is not told most of the time. It's the story of the other side, the "Ross Sea Party". A group of 10 that had to prepare depots and the arrival of Shackleton after crossing the continent. This part of the expedition wasn't well prepared and didn't went as planned. Three men died.
And the men of today whine about ptsd because someone made fun of them on the internet. What a difference 100 years makes.
i dont think i have ever heard anyone claim that, but good try loser.
Well don't compare arctic explorers and internet snowflakes. I'm sure today's explorers are also some tough men while the pansies of their times were no better than ours. Every time has its heroes and cowards.
@@bored.in.california2111
Very well said.
I'm bored in southern California.
DmofukinLee Eliot Rodgers is one
Amazing. 👍
I can not believe how slanted this doc is towards Shackleton. 3 of the 6 guys went back to get the other 22. Not just Shackleton
All who call on the Lord will be saved. Shackleton did just that.
Incredible
good doc.
Shackleton saved his men.
Shackleton certified Top G
Just amazing. Unbelievable. Shackleton saved his men. SHACKLETON never stood a chance... luckily he returned back, cause if he continued trans-antarctic he would never be seen again (cause depots were never laid properly)... so both parts of the expedition were a complete disaster yet they reached fame and glory none the less... go figure... not deserved if u ask me, at least not in such degree
I suppose you could have done much better.
Everyone knows he never achieved his goals.It's as though you've missed the point.
The "fame and glory" you speak of is due to the fact that after 2 years of frozen hell, through some incredible feat of determination,every single man came home.
Love it my kid leant about it
Shackleton... what a man.
Bravo Shackleton!
I wonder if they ever got the cold from out of their bones?
I know what it's like after a day on site laying bricks, this is unfathomable.
lo imposible no siempre es imposible por muy duro que parezca, el tomo las desiciones necesarias y logro lo imposible
Without shackleton they all would have given up and died . He wouldn't allow them to quit . Without Frank worsley and his navigation skills they would have never found their way home . Both of them were necessary
They just found his ship the Endurance.
These men were strait up Bad Asses...and pepole 2day think they have it rough.
If it wasn't for HARRY MC,neish, none of them would have survived, and Shackleton gave the man no recognition
I definitely would not of made it. lol that was one hell of a crew of intelligent level headed real men. Can't imagine going threw that without loosing my mind or giving up. Well done!
Legends of history, that’s when men were men.
were learning about him !
Anyone else feel sad at watching that fine ship Endurance falling apart? Seems a shame, but nothing could have been done. Come to think of it it's astounding these footage and photographs even exist! This my friends is the true purpose of the internet. Now we can watch this amazing footage for free at the click of a button ;)
Why is this not yeat a movie?!!!
Stephen Venables looks a bit like Mrs Doyle in Fr. Ted when she gets her new glasses😂
Fantastic
Frank Worsley's navigation logbook, one he kept on the James Caird while navigating from Elephant Island to South Georgia Island resides in Canterbury Museum, New Zealand. This logbook has been deciphered and each character proven.
www.canterburymuseum.com/research/records-of-the-canterbury-museum/records-of-the-canterbury-museum/
Published in December of 2018, the scholarly article has a photograph of each page, the corresponding transcript of that page, the explanation of the work performed and the replication of the mathematics; for the entire passage. It is an exhaustive and precise explanation of the journey.
The mountaineer is mistaken. Besides rating his chronometer at Cape Belsham on Elephant Island with an observation, Worsley observed the sun 3 times, not once as indicated.
We discuss the charts he used, his chronometers, his treatment of time, and give a broad overview of the form of celestial navigation practiced. It is a peer reviewed, technical analysis of the navigation.
Enjoy!
And now people complain waiting in line for 2 minutes at Walmart.
They should teach this in school. And then explain why your not getting participation trophy's any more.😂
At least they did metion the navigator Frank Worsley from NZ
just finish book. that's when men were men. finished book two days ago.
every man there were hero's.
Of course he was north of antartica! Where else could he be?
That’s scary.😮😢
What about the guys he left on the other side of the island?
They were rescued the next day after Shackleton reached the whaling station according to @Rob Browne
Shackleton may have gotten all the acclaim but it was Frank Worsley, the navigator, who saved the expedition and all its men. His sailing from Elephant to South Georgia Island is without question the greatest feat of seamanship, ever.
*cough* William Bligh, cast adrift in an overloaded boat 4,000 miles across open ocean to East Timor. *cough*.
Maybe the greatest known to history. I'd say there's amazing tales that were never recorded or known beyond the people who experienced it
800 miles mostly done by 'dead reckoning': that is some achievement.
The man who saved Shackleton and his crew was Luis Pardo and the government of Chile.
Totally agree, like Sully landing on the river
Ironic: "Shackleton never achieved any of his goals. He lost the race for the Pole and failed to cross Antarctica," yet he is immortal for achieving what no one could ever imagine: true leadership and service to men who willingly went with him to the most dangerous place on the planet. Nicely played, Boss.
They didn't know it, but ironicly, it was one of the few times in history when Antarctica WASN'T the most dangerous place on earth. I think that title went to northeastern France.
I think they achieved a goal, surviving in the most extreme and dangerous place of the world.
I was thinking that too! This man is a hero for keeping his men alive in conditions that would have killed most. Not one human life lost despite all odds. They could have given him a better tribute at the end of this documentary.
immortal & planet do not fit.
Precisely Mark - imo he accomplished so much more than anyone else crossing imaginary boundaries
The ship was just recently discovered. Almost preserved perfectly in the crystal clear freezing water. Sitting upright. Incredible.
and the coordinates were right there in the ships log
No bodies were found... oh right, Shak returned all his crew safely!
awestruck! what a man. July 17, 2023
These men were tough! A contrast to the sissys of today.
Great man.
His achievement was the greatest of all the explorers. He brought every man home.
AMEN!!
I'm here today because they found the ship after 107 years. It still looks beautiful.
Where
Shackleton was not a failure a lesser man would have left his crew to die and not return; and for that he is a hero
Yes
Right on.
Karluk expedition is opposite to this remarkable story
YES!!!
and FURTHER MORE. he has a whisky named for him today... and it is really good. They may not have done whatever geo-political thing they were urged to do by others, but Shackelton's party buried a crate of old MacInlay's Whisky, which was found near 100 years later, and the formula ressurected, so that now we know what real Scots Whisky was like in the 1890's, before it was altered by world wars and all kinds of other crap.
As a fan of archaeology, and of adventure, I salute Shackleton and his crew of epic adventurers! This is some stuff of legends right here!
his mind was always on survival for all. always had his men in mind to save all of them.thats leadership.
Lets not forget the “ other “ ship of men who were to lay depots of food along the way for this crew from the other side of this frozen land. Their story is just as frightening and real. Brave men, achieving and overcoming enormous obstacles without knowing about Ernest’s situation. Yet holding true, obeying orders given by Ernest prior to departing. Integrity and resolve not found easily today. Great reads for cold winter days ! Happy New Year !
I didn’t know about that! What’s the title of that book?
You know your situation's dire when they state at 14:31 that: "the tea is very nearly done".
lol
Daniël Wijma
It was worse when the tobacco ran out.
The end for any true Englishman.
What about the bacon?
William Stephenson was my great great great grandfather he was a fireman on the exposition
Really?
Sure, buddy and Jesus was actually my mother.
@@MrOP-jw1zp on what exposition? Lol 😂 I'm sure expedition was meant
@@billgoose5768
I think u tagged the wrong dude.
ORANGE MAN BAD!!! SHECHTMAN