The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-06-04
SHACKLET0N LUCKY
TO ESCAPE DEATH
'AMTARTlC EXPLORERS ACCOUNT
OF ADVENTURE SHOWS HOW
NARROWLY FIE ESCAPED.

Lcndcn, May 31--Lieutonant Sir =:
aest Shackleton, tho Antarttc explog
cr, has arrived safely al Port STANLEY
Oakland islands.
London, June Another messag,
received today from Lieutenant 81,
Ernest Shactleton, the Antarctic eX
elorer whose arrival at Port Stanley
alkland Islands, was made know
yesterday shows that the eZpeditim
lad a remarkable escape.
After meeting with almost unpreco
lented weather in the early part 0.
1915, the lieutenant's snip Endurance
NGs badly damaged by great ice bergs
md afterwards founderaG Sir Ernest
succeeded in getting Off his men ant
3ome stores. Terrible privations were
suffered After a most hazardous jour
ley the explorers reached Elephant
ISLAND. The scarcity of food became
50 serious that he decided to leave
he men while he set off for help. Ra
ions for the men LETT behind were
stored in a hole dug in the ice.
After a three weeks such as prob
ably is unique in the annals OF Ant-
arctic expeditions, Sir Ernest reached
i0uth Georgia. There he sought the
assistance OF Whalers for the rescue
II the part on Elephant Island, but
his proved 10 be impossible owing tc
he prevalence OF unfayorable wealth
i conditions. The. message says there
urgent need OF help for the ma,
rOoned men.
In view Of the information received
rom Lieutenant Shackleton, the plans
i the government for sending a relief
ypedition from England viii be
bandoned and a whaler will be SEN
rom the Falkland Islands TO rescue
.he marooned men.
Ghackletcn's Feat.
After careful examination of the
oxt Of Lieutenant Shackletons orig
nal cable, Sir Douglas Mawson, the
Xplorer said today:
Instead Of drifting until April 9 6
Lis year, he has boon suggested, it is
Mite plain the Endurance was stucl
II the ice foes from March of las
Fcar until October 27, when the pres
sure became too great The EnduT
nee was crushed and SAM, on the lat
er day in the middle Of Weddell sec.
Lieutenant S5hackleton abandoned
lie sinking ship, drawing the whale
cats and supplies on an ice floa o.
hich he continued to drift until
'pril g., Of this year. 1t appears tina A.
laying at that time reached open wa
er, the lieutenant and his companions
auncEod a whale boat and sailed for
elephant Island Of the South Shet
and group. arriving there April 18th
"Thero the lieutenant left % men
q an ice cave ana proceeded with five
theirs in an open boat to South Geo.
gia Island, where eho hoped to meet
Whaling vessels and thus get in touch
With civilization. His voyage from
he South Shctlands to South Georgia,
I distance Of 900 miles in an open 20
cot boat amid ice, was a hazardous
'Gd remarkable feat, even for so skill
d = navigator and seaman as ShacL-
Teton.
"The South Shetland Islands are i'll
vested with fIoe ice at this time OF the
YEAR and it viii not he easy to reach
he men on Elcpahnt Island until later
hough no doubt whalers will be sent
7ow from the Falklands in an attempt
. rescue them. IS understood Aus
ralia is sending q relief party to
each the ten men who are standing
On the great barrier on the. Ross sea
SIDE owing TO the breaking away CT
he auxiliary Aurora, which was to
nave met the main party when il
merged"