Drake's Passage

Shipwreck at the Bottom of the Worldvividly recreates one of the most extraordinary adventure stories in history. In August 1914, Ernest Shackleton and 27 men sailed from England in an attempt to become the first team of explorers to cross the Antarctic continent from one side to the other. Five months later and still 100 miles from land, their ship,Endurance, became trapped. The expedition survived an Antarctic winter in the icebound ship, then, afterEndurancesank, five months camped on the ice followed by a perilous boat journey through storms and icebergs to remote and unvisited Elephnat Island, 600 miles from Cape Horn. From there, their only hope was for someone to fetch help. In a dramatic climax to this amazing survival story, Shackleton

It was argued by Talavera that such a voyage would require three years and that if he could reach the antipodes, or the other side of this globe of ours, he would not be able to return because the greater part of the globe is covered with water as St. Augustine says. Diego, none are certain how large this globe of ours is and it remains for your father to prove that the islands and mainland of Cipangu can be reached. It is such a daring leap that your father has taken. You must keep a prayerful vigilance and never for a moment show to any pageboy or to any member of this Court that you have less than utmost confidence in your father's ability. It will be beyond the feast of the Epiphany before we will hear anything of your father's voyage. Should you dream again of your father, stand happily beside him as he gives you lessons in navigation and do not fear. Your father heard many, many gibes that were more severe than the remarks that you heard yesterday.” Santangel excused Diego with a wave of his hand. “Find your confidence in him as I have found confidence in him.”

Drake planned on returning through the Magellan Strait but because Drake was not very well like by the Spanish so he decided to go home through the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean. He didn't want to run into any problems. This meant that he was going to sail around the world. He stopped at the Philippine islands for more supplies and made a couple other stops along the way. He finally returned to Plymouth in September. After almost three years on the water he returned home and was made a national hero.

said that it was almost impossible to cross the waters and also that if one made it to the

During the time of crossing the overland trail, many people instead chose to take the ship route which went around Cape Horn at the tip of South America. The points that we are given to keep in mind are:

In Endurance Shackleton's Incredible Voyage, Alfred Lansing recounts the tale of one of the greatest successes of the Twentieth Century. Ironically, Lansing's detailed account of the 1915 Trans-Antarctic Expedition illuminates the stark reality that Sir Ernest Shackleton's expedition did not fulfill its goal. In fact, the expedition never even set foot upon the continent that they had intended to cross. The outstanding success of that motley crew of adventurers was in their ability to endure the harsh Antarctic climate. Despite having their ship crushed by an ice cap, spending the dark Antarctic winter hopelessly alone, suffering through a stormy voyage in

He sailed past greenland and iceland but was forced to turn around due to ice blockage. He commenced another voyage with the same company, this would affect his future life. Due to more ice along the way, he was forced to turn around again. He

She also decided to send him out on another expedition to explore the Northwestern coast of North America seeking to find a Northwest passage. Sir Francis Drake had 5 ships and among his crew he had John Winters (who was a commander of one of the vessels, and officer Thomas Doughty.) Sir Francis Drake led his ships into the Strait of Magellan to reach the Pacific Ocean. All of sudden they were caught up in a storm reversing the course of the ships returning to England. Sir Francis Drake and his crew then sailed to the coasts of Chile and Peru raiding a unprotected Spanish merchant ship full of treasure.

When they were safely out of port and hours had passed, so that all land was lost behind them, Columbus walked to the bow of the Santa Maria and stood there facing west. The water calmed his mind often and validated his conclusions. He leaned over to study the wake made by the bow of the ship as she parted the waters and thought to himself, “All is safe and secure for these waters are safe until we pass the Canaries Islands. Beyond that, the water of this globe may be mysterious, but it may and must be the same in one place as in all others?” No crew member had seen the puzzled look on his face. Silently he continued his thoughts, “The winds must have the same habits beyond the horizon as they do here. The Westerlies must be westerly

Imagine yourself in a boat, a rather small boat, in extreme temperatures below zero and intense winds, clashing up against your small boat and rocking you back and forth as you paddle for dear life, exhausted and terrified. That is how Shackleton and his crew felt when they crossed the Atlantic Ocean, or to be specific, Drake Passage. Drake passage is an ocean between South America and Antarctica, seeming to be colossal, but is just sizeable enough to have the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans combine, both spreading out to the Southern Ocean. Basically having two “moods”, Drake passage is either stormy or smooth based on the time it is crossed. Shackleton and the crew had passed it just barely, but had made it to Elephant Island, their original goal. Therefore, Drake passage very well could have stopped Shackleton with it’s dreaded weather and broad mass, but did not.

Sir Winston Churchill once said, “If you’re going through hell, keep going.” Through near impossible circumstances, Shackleton pushed his limits and managed to bring himself and all of his 28 men through hell. English explorer, Sir Ernest Shackleton - or as his crew called him, The Boss - always had a calling from Antarctica. On his first expedition, Ernest and the crew came closer to the South Pole than anyone in history before. With all his gained knowledge from the previous expedition, he set off with his crew in order to be the first person to reach the South Pole. He didn’t succeed. Shackleton had come 180.6km from reaching his goal, however due to the health of his crew he had to retreat back to

On December thirteenth Drake cruised from Plymouth in the Golden Hind with four other little ships and around 160 men. They were situated out to attack the Spanish property on the Pacific shoreline of the New World. He relinquished two boats in the Rio de Plata in South America, and, with the staying three, explored the Straights of Magellan. A tempest came and drove the boats more distant south; one boat and its group was devastated. Another boat was isolated from Drake's vessel and came back to England. Drake proceeded with alone up the shore of South America. He then ravaged Valparaiso and littler settlements, cut free the transportation in Callao and caught a rich Spanish ship. With the recently obtained Spanish graphs, Drake proceeded with the coast searching for a conceivable entry to the Atlantic Ocean. He cruised potentially to the extent Washington state and after that turned south again towards San Francisco to repair his boat. He then cruised over the Pacific to the Moluccas and touched base at Plymouth on September 26,

Shackleton?s yearning to explore the Antarctic was born out of his desires to achieve the improbable and attain fame and notoriety (Morrell and Capparell 32). Both the Artic and the Antarctic remained unexplored in the first decade of the twentieth century, and the promises of celebrity, honor for one?s country, and possible wealth were the romantic rewards for the explorers of the day (28, 55).

Drakes Passage, the infamous stretch of sea with a reputation that precedes itself. Regarded by many as “the worst ocean on the globe” (82) it boasts some of the most unpredictable weather and wave patterns out of all the oceans, “The Southern Ocean carries strange currents that often run against prevailing winds, causing a broken turbulent surface and stirring up storms, forcing waves even higher” (82). Spanning the area between the southernmost tip of South America and the northernmost point of Antarctica it is a mere six hundred miles across at the bottleneck. Passing through those mere six hundred miles is 600 times the amount of water flowing through the Amazon river. Consequently, the bottom of the passage is quite deep to accommodate

The case study examined Ernest Shackleton and his Antarctic exploration with his ship the Endurance. This expedition took place in 1915 and was set to cross the continent from sea to sea. Shackleton was aiming to sail the boat through the Weddell Sea and then take his men to the Ross Sea on the opposite side of the continent, therefore making it a 1500 mile journey for the