In January of 1915, Ernest Shackleton's ship, Endurance, became encased in the ice in the Weddell Sea.

Through determination, grit, and savvy, Shackleton would lead his men through a brutal winter,

then over hundreds of miles of Antarctic ice, followed by 800 miles across some of the roughest waters in the world.

It is one of the most extraordinary and inspirational journeys in the history of

exploration. Find this story and many others at the Explorers Podcast, available wherever you get

your podcasts or at Explorerspodcast.com.

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Welcome. podcast. Welcome to the past and the curious.

Important animals in history.

Music This is a special series all about animals who made it or deserve to make it into the history books.

In episode two, I have three new animals for you.

All three of these will be featured in the book that I am working on and hope to publish

towards the back half of 2026.

We're going to be fundraising for it very soon.

Today you're going to meet Mrs. O'Leary's cow.

Pretty famous cow.

Probably heard that story before.

Also, a cat that we've mentioned on the show before,

Victoria, Vic the cat. And last but not least, Mungo, the squirrel, who had a pretty cool

relationship with none other than Benjamin Franklin. Hope you enjoy.

Imagine this. You're just minding your own business, doing your job when you find yourself in the wrong place at the wrong time. And then when the smoke clears, you get blamed for what went wrong. If this were you,

you might find yourself wishing that you could ask Mrs. O'Leary's cow for advice. For over a century,

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