What did Sir Ernest Shackelton and his men eat when they ran out of food?
In 1914, Shackleton embarked on a journey to the South Pole on the ship Endurance. When his ship became locked in pack ice then destroyed, he and his crew struggled 1 years to reach Elephant Island. Then taking only 5 men, he sailed in a 6-meter lifeboat, the James Caird, for 16 days to South Georgia Island to get help. They landed on the windward side of the island then hiked 36 hours across glaciers to Stromness Whaling station on the lee side. Their long beards and rotting clothes made them so scary that people who first saw them ran away. Finally he contacted the stationmaster, got warm food, a bath, some clean clothes and returned to the other side of the island with a ship to rescue the companions he had left there. Four months later Shackleton and his men sailed back to Antarctica to rescue the rest of his crew in August 1916. While the crew waited on Elephant Island for Shackleton, they had eaten seals and penguins. Amazingly, all his men survived this two-year ordeal. It is a
