I just finished reading Sir Earnest Henry Shackleton's personal account South: the story of Shackleton's 1914-1917 expedition. Not only does Shackleton recount the unbelievable adventure of managing his 28 man team in an effort to cross Antarctica, but he also goes into detail to explain what happened to the team assigned to lay up depots of supplies for his team to use as they crossed the southern continent.
Most sailors know the fate of the Endurance, trapped in the ice pack of the Weddell Sea, only to be slowly crushed and pulled to the fathoms below, leaving the men whose expedition changed
