Henry McNish collection 1914-1916

Endurance (Ship)

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Endurance was the three-masted barquentine in which Sir Ernest Shackleton and a crew of 27 men and one cat sailed for the Antarctic on the 1914–1917 Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition. It was launched in 1912 from Sandefjord in Norway; three years later, it was crushed by pack ice and sank in the Weddell Sea off Antarctica. All of its crew survived. Designed by Ole Aanderud Larsen, Endurance was built at the Framnæs shipyard in Sandefjord, Norway, and fully completed on 17 December 1912. She...

McNish, Henry

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Henry [Harry] McNish was born on 11 September 1874 at Port Glasgow, Scotland. McNish was selected as carpenter for the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition [Weddell Sea Party], 1914-1917 (leader Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton). After Endurance was crushed in the pack ice of the Weddell Sea the entire company spent five months on the ice before escaping in the three lifeboats to Elephant Island, South Shetland Islands. Two of the life boats were made into a shelter for the co...

Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition Weddell Sea 1914-1916

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McNish Henry 1874-1930

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