On 8th November 1916, the passenger and refrigerated cargo steamer, Highland Laddie, arrived in Tilbury docks in London. On board was Tom Crean and a number of his Endurance colleagues.. Offered free passage from Buenos Aires by the company’s Nelson Line owners, were eleven men who’d set sail on the […]
Elephant Island
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Crean, Shackleton and Worsley return to civilization to arrange rescue It’s clear that the two images here were taken on the same day yet one of the images includes the Master of the ship to make the first rescue attempt, the Norwegian, Captain Ingvar Thom. The attempt would be made […]