BAD NEWS FROM THE ANTARCTIC.—SIR ERNEST SHACKLETON’S EXPLORING SHIP ENDURANCE, REGARDING WHICH MUCH ANXIETY IS FELT OWING TO THE RETURN FROM THE ANTARCTIC OF THE SHIP AURORA, WITH A SECTION OF THE SHACKLETON EXPLORATION PARTY, WHO REPORT THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO FIND ANY TRACE OF THE ENDURANCE, WHICH IT IS BELIEVED CANNOT GET OUT OF THE ANTARCTIC THIS SEASON. The Aurora reached Cape Crozier on January 9, 1915, and there it was intended to establish a depot for the winter journey, but weather conditions were so bad that it was impossible to effect a landing. The Aurora proceeded to Cape Evans, but though many attempts were made to find a safe harbour all failed. Eventually eleven men went ashore, and a violent blizzard drove the Aurora from her moorings, and the men were thus left behind. She became locked in the pack ice and drifted 1200 miles before getting free of the ice, losing her rudder and straining her hull. The remainder of the journey to Port Chalmers was accomplished under many difficulties. The Shackleton expedition number about forty, and arrangements are being made to send a relief ship to the Weddell Sea at the earliest possible moment.
New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review
1 June 1916
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