Shackletons story has been turned into a documentary with original photo
and film footage from the time, it is really amazing, you should see it if
it is playing near you in between showings of Harry Potter :).

At 12:25 PM 11/19/2001, Wirt Atmar wrote:
>Jim writes:
>
> > In this week's Survival Guide column (by Bob Lewis) in InfoWorld, is this
> >  quote from Ernest Shackleton, in "South", referring to the loss of his
> ship
> >  in the Antarctic ice:
> >
> >  "The task now was likely to be long and strenuous, and an ordered mind and
>a
> >  clear programme were essential if we were to come through without loss of
> >  life.  A man must shape himself a new mark directly the old one goes to
> >  ground."
>
>Of even perhaps greater interest than what Shackleton said was what he did.
>He led an expedition to Antarctica in 1914 and met catastrophe there. His
>ship was crushed by the pack ice, but he personally led a self-rescue mission
>out of Antarctica, surviving through the long Antarctic night, not losing a
>single man during the entire 22 months of their ordeal.
>
>Shackleton's expedition is perhaps the greatest tale of endurance and stamina
>and resourcefullness in all of history. For more information, see:
>
>      http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/shackleton/1914/timeline.html
>
>Never give up.
>Never surrender.
>
>Wirt Atmar
>
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