In his expedition account `` South '' , Shackleton gives a description of a Fata Morgana observed on 1915 , coincidentally as his ship `` Endurance '' drifted close to the recorded position of New South Greenland : `` The distant pack is thrown up into towering barrier-like cliffs , which are reflected in blue lakes and lanes of water at their base .
In his expedition account `` South '' , Shackleton gives a description of a Fata Morgana observed on 20 August 1915 , coincidentally as his ship `` Endurance '' drifted close to the recorded position of New South Greenland : `` The distant pack is thrown up into towering barrier-like cliffs , which are reflected in blue lakes and lanes of water at their base .