Department of Geography , University of Cambridge. You are not currently logged in. Larger image. As soon as Shackleton, Worsley and Crean reached the safety of the whaling station at Stromness on South Georgia, Shackleton was tireless in his efforts to rescue the men left stranded on Elephant Island. He was eventually successful on 30 August aboard the Chilean tug, Yelcho. The British and Norwegian governments had also planned rescue missions, but Shackleton was able to act quicker.
The letter is from Shackleton to his wife Emily with news that he had rescued the men stranded on Elephant Island. He signs himself 'Micky'. Comments 27 Share what you think. View all. Bing Site Web Enter search term: Search.
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It was interesting getting to know someone who may have walked the same streets that I have. However in my research I felt more of an affinity with her children.
In the Independent obituary of their youngest son Lord Edward Shackleton he is reported as saying he hardly knew his father growing up.
He was 3 years old when his father went to the Antarctic, and on his return promptly left to play his part in the war. As a submariners daughter my father would go off on patrol for months at a time with little or no communication. We never knew where he was. This stranger would turn up called daddy, with sweets, who we could smell long before we saw him. By the time we got to know him he would be off again, and my mother could get back to her routine.
Emily must have been a strong woman to handle the time apart the way she did, there were a few stories of her waving the ship off to sea. The boat came in quite close to shore and all the men were on deck lined up facing us. The wives encouraged us children to wave and cheer, but we were happy because we had the morning off school. We offer Heritage. We took the Heritage project volunteers to London to see the new suffragette statue in Parliament Square and then a.
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