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@kevinlucas4577

Жыл бұрын

As far as I'm concerned what Shackleton and his crew did was probably the greatest survival story of all time

@bumfluffmcregor3730

Жыл бұрын

It's shit just go on you tube

@bumfluffmcregor3730

Жыл бұрын

​@@kevinlucas4577 he was useless armundsen whipped his arse

@monikagrosch9632

9 ай бұрын

I always hear Second World War beginning 1899. I guess the Boer war is meant ????

@markwatkins2081

8 ай бұрын

​@@monikagrosch9632I think you misheard. It said the second boar war started 1899.

“For scientific discovery give me Scott; for speed and efficiency of travel give me Amundsen; but when disaster strikes and all hope is gone, get down on your knees and pray for Shackleton.” Sir Raymond Priestly, Antarctic Explorer and Geologist.

@didierroux1547

Жыл бұрын

@Sean Walsh Quote from priestly to ponder !

@ruth4376

Жыл бұрын

That's amazing and also so true

@tigerlilly5579

Жыл бұрын

This quote says it all, and the praise of Shakleton is totally deserved. He has always been my favorite polar explorer. He was an amazing man! That being said, my second favorite polar explorer is Roald Amundsen. You can’t argue with his success.

@davidjohnson6109

Жыл бұрын

Best quote ever

@rickyb5499

Жыл бұрын

Yes 👍👍

beside all the attributes and actions that we typically praise Shackleton for, the most admirable moment for me was when he barely rested for 3 days after arriving at South Georgia but headed right back into Hell (a Hell of ice and bitter cold violent ocean) to rescue his 22 men--where many people would've just easily lie to themselves and assume the men are dead, after arriving in safe hands. Instead, he came back and rescued all of them after 4 attempts. I can't fathom the fortitude of men in their days, to call it a miracle of freewill is an understatement. Fortitudine Vincimus!

@grahamwilliamson4825

7 ай бұрын

It was months before he returned for his men and the unsung hero was frank worseley and without him they would all be dead

I am a Shackleton, Philip by name. I belong to the half of the family who remained in Yorkshire, despite the persecution of Quakers. Our family moto is Perseverantia Vincimus, meaning we persvered with the perscution. Earnest's half of the family has the moto Fotitudinae Vincimus, which translated as, By Enduance we Concour. They equally endured the separation to Irland as much as we persevered with the persecution. Earnest Son Edward went on to become a geographer, mapping I believe, the coast of Greenland and WW2 working in the RAF to map areas of Germany to enable the eventual defeat of the Nazi's. He then went on to become an MP, Preston, and eventually enter the lords as Lord Edward Shackleton.

@sammysouth8372

Ай бұрын

Oh yeah I’m a Shackleton too. Me and Marlene Dietrich used to enjoy hot pot in cold winter nights with your great uncle Philip. Yeah that’s the ticket

Yes I believe he was the greatest! Before my parents died, the last book we read together was "The Endurance" and it was impossible to put it down until we were finished. I hope the reader will get it and read it, you won't be sorry.

@chriscomics9415

Жыл бұрын

Glad people find something great about my familyb

@dorothysegovia8134

10 ай бұрын

I agree. I have the Endurance and Shackelton is my hero. My motivation phrase "if Shackelton can do it, I can do it!" : )

@maryearll3359

8 ай бұрын

stopintown - what a lovely relationship you had with your parents ❤

Just brilliant. Tom Crean also worthy of a programme of his own.

In my opinion Shackleton is the greatest of the Antarctic explorers. There is more to it than just reaching the precise South Pole. I read everything I can about Shackleton. Always have. The movie Shackleton starring Kenneth Brannaugh is amazing. Very underrated film. Ironically Shackleton and Brannaugh resemble one another. I think Shackleton would be pleased.

Like some of the comments have touched on, Robert Lansing's book "Endurance" is in a league of its own. I try and read it again every few years. The way this People's Profile narrator repeatedly heralds Shackleton's exploits at bringing home all members of his expedition, should leave no one out there in doubt as to how epic the Endurance story is. Unlike Scott who I've researched throughout my life, I only ever skimmed over Shackleton's other biographical chapters. Thank you for filling in those details now. I did know he died and was laid to rest on South Georgia, which I feel was completely appropriate and beautiful in its own way.

“I chose life over death for myself and my friend… I believe it is our nature to explore, to reach out into the unknown. The only true failure would be not to explore at all” Sir Ernst Shackleton

@DonnaBrooks

Жыл бұрын

To what friend was he referring?

@jamesdakrn

Жыл бұрын

"better a live donkey than a dead lion" - Shackleton

@1987AnimeBoy

Жыл бұрын

​@@DonnaBrooks Likely Frank Wild, since it's mentioned that Shackleton shared his meager ration, one biscuit, to him when his health was ailing.

Luis Alberto Pardo Villalón (20 September 1882 - 21 February 1935) was a Chilean Navy officer who, in August 1916, commanded the steam tug Yelcho to rescue the 22 stranded crewmen of Sir Ernest Shackleton's ship, Endurance, part of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition. The crewmen were stranded on Elephant Island, an ice-covered mountainous island off the coast of Antarctica in the outer reaches of the South Shetland Islands, in the Southern Ocean.“ Why you fellas never mención this man is astonishing to me. Shackleton was an extraordinary man, but his quest would have been a unmentioned disaster had not been for Mr. Pardo’s daring ability with a ship that was not fit for an Antarctic trip, specially at that time of the year

@Jean-vr7vj

Жыл бұрын

The name. The british dont care about non brits. They are the only ones who matter.

@joseluisceballos355

Жыл бұрын

@@Jean-vr7vj Evidently, as Chileans do not even know who the begging brit was. They only know who Mr. Pardo was. Then they went and named just about every ice breaker ship they have down in Antartica after him. The begging Brit doesn't really matter, so I see your point.

@RodrigoFernandez-td9uk

Жыл бұрын

¿Por qué te extraña? Los ingleses tienen una muy particular forma de contar la historia, en la que los fracasos propios y los méritos ajenos se omiten, y si es imposible no hablar de ellos, se distorsionan con el mayor descaro. Además el rescate se efectuó en una isla que ambos países reclaman, así que difícilmente van a reconocer que su héroe fue salvado por la competencia (si los demás morían de hambre, su única salida honorable era volarse los sesos).

@joseluisceballos355

Жыл бұрын

@@RodrigoFernandez-td9uk Difícil contrarrestar su opinion. Así es que en vez de intentarlo, prefiero darle la razón. Saludos.

I became very involved in the attempts to celebrate the bicentennial of one of America's great explorations, the Lewis and Clark Expedition to the West Coast. All along the way, people said Look what they accomplished going so much into the unknown. Seven years later I was on a Lindblad/National Geographic cruise celebrating the Endurance. I said Lewis and Clark had nothing on these guys. Thanks for the great summary in this video, but I encourage those interested in more to read, Endurance, by Alfred Lansing.

Ernest Shackleton was the greatest explorer and I personally hold him in great esteem.

Shackleton is by far one of the greatest Explores and greatest leaders of men for that era. The Book the Endurance is a riveting record of Shackleton's leadership and tenacity to survive. This was a fantastic Video. Thank you for posting this.

Robert E Bartlett’s heroics saving his crew when the Karluk was lost in the ice is another fantastic story of endurance and survival on par with Shackleton. Bartlett and Shackleton carried their balls in a wheelbarrow!

@jaynespearin71

Ай бұрын

😂❤

No matter how much I already know about a person, I always learn at least one new thing when watching these profiles. Thanks for your stellar research.

Brilliant video! Honestly, I absolutely adored this documentary. The People Profiles is truly helping society become more informed, spending so much time to bring us content, quite the selfless act. In America at least, historical documentaries (and channels) are no longer available for the most part.

@celticlofts

Жыл бұрын

It seems Americans are more concerned about what's going on with the Kardashian family.

Irish born and raised. Athy in Kildare has a small museum which has quite a bit on Shackleton on permanent display.

@daithimcnally8212

2 жыл бұрын

Athy must be bad if Antartica looks more exciting than it

@cruisepaige

Жыл бұрын

Ohh good t😊 know, thanks!

This is by far for me what Ernest Shackleton and his crew had gone through as well as the length of time has to be the greatest survival story in the history of all time ... WOW !!

Tom Crean, Irishman, true hero. I recommend to anyone who watched this video and found it interesting to read the book The Unsung Hero. A man equal to Shackleton in my opinion.

@thisishowitfeels6313

2 жыл бұрын

Shackleton was also Irish. Irish blood just seems to have a will and spirit unequaled

@vanyadolly

2 жыл бұрын

I can't imagine the Endurance expedition would have survived if thy didn't have so many talented and extraordinary men in their number. Somehow they managed to work together and combine their strengths to achieve one miracle after another.

@celticlofts

Жыл бұрын

And Tim McCarthy, another Irishman.

@jeanhartely

Жыл бұрын

I have a pint glass with an imprint of the wonderful Tom Crean photo. I drink to his health!

@Byronic19134

Жыл бұрын

@@thisishowitfeels6313 When all else fails, Irishmen have the steadiest hands.

Lovely depiction of Shackleton above and we in Ireland are very proud of his Irish roots and the fact he was proud of them also. Shackleton was clearly one of the most remarkable men but it has to be said Tom Crean played an enormous role in Shackleton's story and is rightly getting the recognition he deserved. Crean's solo march is rightly highlighted in the excellent programme above (for which he received the Albert Medal) but he also played a central role in the epic journey of the James Caird including singing sea shanties and other songs to keep the men's spirits up as he was steering! Crean was extremely loyal to Shackleton and helped keep the men together at difficult times. Another Irishman, Co. Cork man, Timothy McCarthy, who was also in the James Caird is worth a mention, especially as he lost his life at sea during WWI (in 1916). Phenonemal story all round, unforgettable in fact. Crean returned home to County Kerry, married and opened a pub called the South Pole Inn in Annascaul, which is still serving today & is full of Antartic memoribilia & photographs, I stop there each time I am on the way down for hiking on the Dingle peninsula. Crean sadly lost his life in 1938 in the Bons Secours hospital in Cork City from an infection associated with a burst appendix & is buried in his family's tomb at the cemetery in Ballynacourty, Annascaul, Co. Kerry. May they all rest in peace.

True story, i had a music teacher in the 4th grade back in 1999 who was named Neil Shackleton, he was one of the great grandchildren of Ernest Shackleton. He would often talk about Ernest and his adventures in class.

This is truly a story for the ages...determination ... Dedication to your commitment will give strength to accomplish great things .

Now it's incredible because they've found the Endurance! In such beautiful, pristine condition. 🤘💕

Very well done. The tale of the Endurance has always been fascinating. The sheer will to survive astounding.

Humans were the priority for Shackleton, their survival,not planting flags or receiving knighthoods or any of that nonsense. The Endurance expedition is the greatest ever achieved and dwarfs the cruelty and madness of sacrificing millions of lives in the first world war because an archduke was killed in Serbia, only cowards send people to their deaths for such unspeakable reasons and rulers have been doing it ever since. Shackleton and his men showed what humans were capable of, their masters proved the opposite, mass murder and total destruction and they are still at it today. He is without doubt the greatest explorer simply because he put the lives of his men first and not disgusting imperialist notions of glory through death. Here's to you Mr Shackleton.

@mistywilliams7826

10 ай бұрын

WW1 was not started just because some Archduke was shot.

Would have loved to have heard Shackleton’s thoughts on the Lewis and Clark expedition

Crean and Worsley also deserve a huge amount of respect.

One of the heroes of shackletons expedition surely must have been the photographer. He gave us lots of photographs and live footage. !

The crossing of the South Georgia mountains and hearing the first sirens of the Whale station remain still totally uncanny to me.

I have long held the highest regard for Ernest Shackleton. He was truly a great leader.

After the recently discovery of The Endurance this very well documentary put you in right History Place. Wonderful Channel for History Lovers. Thanks so much for uploading this upstanding documentary 🎯

“I am just going outside and may be some time”. Lawrence Oates, 12 March 1912, Scott's Terra Nova Expedition.

@Volcano-Man

Жыл бұрын

There is a lot of controversy about whether Oates actually said that. Certainly his legs were gone due to gangrene, he was in terrible pain. He knew that if he did get back his army career was finished. There are indications in the journals of the others that Scott was suggesting they were making slow speed as Oates was delaying them. Also the journals of the other two make no mention of Oates 'last words,' but do state 'He went outside and never returned!' Did Scott suggest that a solution was to go outside and die! He then made the 'glorious epitaph,' for the deed he had suggested.

Shackelton was a legend, as was Edmunsen! Men of great endurance and integrity!

What an amazing man in an amazing era. Thankyou for another excellent episode.

What Shackleton done is the equivalent of a marathon runner only training for a 5k run. Under prepared and stubborn. He brought all the heartship upon himself and the crew

@kenw2225

3 ай бұрын

No. He ran 23 miles in prep. Just he had bad luck and slightly unprepared. His ship was stuck. Can't really judge when hardly started.

Ernest Shackleton was nothing only a machine. A Incredible machine. He would whistle his way to the top of Everest and have a beauty sleep at the summit.

Absolutely captivating story. There was so much that I didn't know about Shackleton.

Excellent documentary on Ernest Shackleton. Thank you very much. Fascinating story a great man.

He deserves more respect more than anyone

What timing. I have been seeing clips on KZread that the Endurance has been found

Fantastic documentary thank you.

Great story, I listened to it in full, encore ! Salute what a true man of die hard exploration of a truest icy hell, salute.

Brilliantly presented documentary about a great leader of men, thank you .

And at last it's been found

Wonderfully presented; just remarkable!!

This channel just gets better and better

He was Magnificent, What a leader of men

A true Bro's Bro. The, underground, gold standard for leadership.

Shackleton would have died but for the incredible navigation skills of the New Zealander Frank Worsley. Worsley was the real hero of that fateful expedition.

@raynorthedge5722

9 ай бұрын

He was for sure

@DessieTots

9 ай бұрын

Good navigation is essential but you need to be able to get to where you’re wanting to go. Chippy McNish saved all of the crew with his incredible skills as a carpenter and sail maker. And despite being older than most of the crew and not in the best health, took on more than his share of rowing the little boat he made. I don’t know about Worsley but NcNish was denied his Polar Medal by Shackleton, hardly the action of a noble and honourable man. More like petulant behaviour in reaction to being challenged by McNish.

I've watched almost everything on Shackleton's expeditions and so forth but i never new his grandfather was from Yorkshire where I've lived my whole life

Growing up my grandmother used to tell me I was a lot like her great uncle (I believe, I know it her uncle, but I'm not quite sure how great). I never knew who she was refering too as I hadnt known much of her family outside of the one she created. I never wasnt to stay put, I always wanted to travel and see new places. Was happiest when on the road. One day when I was a teen, I learned about Sir. Shackleton. One day I was at my grandmothers and was discussing this man with her. She smiled and said he was the man she always said I was like. That's when I realized she had the same last name as him and was related to him (I grew up majority of my life as my grandmother having my grandfathers last name even years after their divorce, wasnt until I was a teen that she reverted back to her maiden name). I use to look up to this man, even tho I've never met him. He was the reason I wanted to become an explorer.

It's insane how much footage they have of this too.

This is a story I admire. It is quite easy for me to forget that Shackleton is gone for a 100 years already.

Blackburrow agreeing to be the first to be eaten is a strong commitment lol

@kenw2225

3 ай бұрын

How did the dogs live for 3 and half months ? Crazy

cant believe they found the ship under the ice as well? Still looking like it did after the ice took her and its the most intense survival story ever, maybe the plane crash in the ande's would beat it, but only because of a modern age survival story, but Shackleton's salling skills to save the stranded men and going back for them to save them, is all inspiring ?

@NNokia-jz6jb

Ай бұрын

I came her because of a comment about Andes airplane. Shackleton story should be better. 😊

Great story, great man who did it , all hero's

Very informative and well presented.

Thank you.

Brilliant video

He deserves a human narrator.

Amundsen did his research and planning. He approached the natives with the view that he had much to learn from them. Others looked on the natives as ignorant primitives. It paid off with the twin prizes of the Northwest Passage and the south pole to his credit. He came home alive.

@ukraine_tbic

8 ай бұрын

What did he learn from the penguins?

The Endurance Expedition is EASILY the greatest real-life adventure story of all time. I don't like the way that Shackelton treated McNish and Ernie Joyce... but he was still one Hell of a leader.

@celticlofts

Жыл бұрын

You have to put yourself in his shoes. Shackleton had seen the consequences of disharmony during the Scott expedition and vowed that would not happen to him. He had to stamp out any disquiet over his leadership in order for him to keep his men alive and so took the action he did. The mutterings, and dare I say mutinous talk from McNish, Vincent and Joyce could have ripped that group apart and Shackleton knew it. If there was any chance to survive their difficulties they had to remain as one team under one leader. Remember too that McNish and the other mutineers got back alive - had they ventured off on their own I very much doubt that they would have survived.

@fastinradfordable

Жыл бұрын

There’s better adventures than being stranded on an island. Probably the greatest store of chocolate at the beginning of an adventure

@RW4X4X3006

Жыл бұрын

@@celticlofts Pinned down in fires from multiple directions and vehicle wasted and SNCO down, I took charge of my section after a fight with my CWO, who I highly respected as a soldier and friend - "You have the rank but I have the experience to get us hell outta here alive!... I'll let you fuck my ass later, sir!" Did I make the right decisions? Did I direct our fire and movement out of that shitscape correctly? I don't know. I got my people out, wrecked - but alive. And that's all that matters. I know exactly what Shackleton was dealing with. I any dire situation, you weight into and listen to the people that know!

@Shackleton71

Жыл бұрын

McNish is both a mutineer and a hero. Dude should get a medal still!

@johnnycash1365

10 ай бұрын

He led them into the shit! The navigator got them out of it..

Hi all...so nice to watch this beautyfull documentará!! As a mountanieer I can not les than thank you for uploading this puede as to Mr Shackeñton for Hawking gave me the idea that always you can go for you think IT north the Effect.. This mind of Gus wee the ones that fado kept the spirit of adventire alice. And that its their heritage for US all......

He created amazing feats of survival!!

How many people wish they were born in the time of the Great explorations. I often wonder how it felt to be the first humans to step foot where none had before. Not for fame but just to know that I was here. And lay down the challenge for the next adventures to step further.

They found that boat and it’s in pristine condition

If you ever got lost you better hope Shackleton was with you

@cindymalisani5709

Жыл бұрын

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@cindymalisani5709

Жыл бұрын

❤

@2anthro

Жыл бұрын

You'd better pray Worsley was with you.

Great Men / Great Documentry.

Greatest explorer of all time. Men of his caliber simply do not exist these days.

One of these trips, and I'd be like....I'm done man, drop me off somewhere near the equator. Let alone, " That was fun, when can we do it again "

This was great

Liked, thank you.

the adventure in the tales of these individuals makes me want to travel hahaha

Exploration is a fascinating topic. Thanks for your uploads. As much as I enjoy a narrated video, so many of them are using a synthetic voice and while I understand this is not something most people would be bothered about or even notice.. for some reason it makes me uncomfortable. I can get through a portion of the video but then the voice starts to disturb me. Yes, I know, I'm weird or neurotic or whatever. I just prefer a natural human voice.

He was indeed the the greatest, as he allways put, his men first.

*Summer of 1911. Scott reached the pole in the summer of 1911, not the winter of 1911. It was February 1911 & this is summer in the southern hemisphere.

He became his Ship Endurance 🙏🙏🙏

From Shackleton you can learn to adapt or die. And never whine or complain. Keep busy and crack on. 👍

Got to love the Irish he trecked towards the future. the shadowy future, without fears with a manly heart

Just listening to this after they've located the Endurance.

Shackleton is one of the greatest leaders of all time, and the greatest polar leader. Amundsen is the greatest polar explorer of all time (technically and also the most humble). Scott was a pompous twit who's vanity killed his men.

My great great grandad ❤

You should do one on Sir. Douglas Mawson.

Fingers crossed for the endurance22 expedition, hopefully they'll find the ship. Do you plan to do a video on Roald Amundsen at some point?

@PeopleProfiles

2 жыл бұрын

And Scott.

@gurugurukuma

2 жыл бұрын

they found it!

@theblackprince1346

2 жыл бұрын

@@gurugurukuma I know! Just saw the news. Great stuff.

@michaelkennedy3372

2 жыл бұрын

Can you tell me the lottery numbers ?

The Brits need to acknowledge that Amundsen was first, therefore, best of all.

Endurance was hunting tourists ship for Arctic. She was built like brick outhouse in Norwegian yard, able to handle ive floas, but ship hull form was not designed to wintering stuck in ice of Wedell Sea. It was quite small ship. Faced with abbnormally harsh ice conditions Endurance did ok, till months of gripped within vices of ice took what belongs to it. I wonder if they would had 1000 pounds of dynamite, would Endurance survived. Not free the ship. But demolish the ice which strangleg Endunmce.

I think he was selfish for abandoning his wife and kids to satisfy his own ambitions,leaving his wife to raise them on her own. Story of so many men.

Not one word has been written about the first penguin to lay an egg on the ice of the South Pole. Now THAT WAS a leap of faith ?

they seemed to be a different breed of men in those days...

A good man, but reckless. Arthur Worsley is the true hero of this sorry saga that has been somehow spun as a triumph.

@royalirishranger1931

Жыл бұрын

Worsley’s navigational skill were magnificent, fixing a position under such conditions was astounding . Holding a course amazing.

@bradisberg8315

5 ай бұрын

I agree Frank Arthur Worsley is the true hero, but Shackleton was a leader and together they made a good team.

Our modern world and all its conveniences can't make people like this anymore.

He shouldn't have made Mrs. Chippy stay behind, the poor little guy. 😞

It’s been found.

Would make a great big screen movie.

Do a doc about Ranulph Fiennes.

Read his book, amazing men! So much mental strength puts our generation to shame!

Well, if one were forced to be on any of those expeditions, who would you want to be with? I'd think that answer is a clear Amundsen. Shackleton does make for a fantastic tale, no doubt.

Imagine gutting a live seal and putting your frostbitten hands into it's warm guts for relief. It really happened. Wow.

No one else caught that the narrator said World War II broke out in 1899? This guy died in 1922 let alone the world war starting in 1939 September.

@steveturner609

7 ай бұрын

Yes I noticed that error too, but you beat me to it! I believe that Shackleton died in 1922 on South Georgia….some 17 years prior to the start of WW2 !!

@arim.t9046

7 ай бұрын

Actually if you listen carefully, he says the second Boer War in 1899. I got confused as well with WW2, but after listening again i got it, the reader refers to the second Boer War 1899 to 1902 in South Africa.

One thing this great report shows is how physically weak and emotionally immature modern humans have become. There are few if any Shackletons in our world today.