Understanding the drift of Shackleton's Endurance during its last days before it sank in November 1915, using meteorological reanalysis data

• Published in: History of Geo- and Space Sciences
• Main Authors: M. de Vos, P. Kountouris, L. Rabenstein, J. Shears, M. Suhrhoff, C. Katlein
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2023
• Subjects: Science; Q; Geology; QE1-996.5; Dynamic and structural geology; QE500-639.5; Physics; QC1-999; Geophysics. Cosmic physics; QC801-809; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Weddell Sea; Shackleton; Weddell; Worsley; Antarc*; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-14-1-2023; https://doaj.org/article/c0980337638c4daf883478c1c2e46bbb

On 5 December 1914, Sir Ernest Shackleton and his crew set sail from South Georgia aboard the wooden barquentine vessel Endurance , beginning the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition to cross the Antarctic continent. However, Shackleton and his crew never reached land because the vessel became beset...