Fortitude and a vinkamus by endurance we conquer Ernest Shackleton's family motto

On the 9th of April 1916 only Shackleton had led a crew of 27 men out into the open southern ocean in

What were essentially wooden rowing boats to attempt this today would be unthinkable storms can rage in the southern ocean

Which builds waves up to 50 feet about the height of a four-story building

Give you an idea this audio is taken from a YouTube video filmed on MV

Ooswair an ice strengthened expeditionship sailing through a storm in the southern ocean

The video shows a 3000-ton ship driving through astonishing swells with winds blowing at 70 miles per hour

Oh, yes

An enormous wave engulfs the front of the ship up to the bridge windows for a while nothing is visible

The endurance crew were iron men in wooden boats

It was their last ditch attempt at survival their mission had been to cross the Antarctic continent from one side to the other

But their ship endurance had become stuck in the ice of the weddle sea before they even made landfall

The men had hoped that the ice would melt and they'd be able to continue on

But eventually endurance succumbed to the forces of nature and was crushed by the ice before sinking to the bottom of the sea where she lies to this day

They'd spent 14 months stranded in Antarctica with no contact or help from the outside world

Six of those months were spent living outside on the ice intense

Well, the time they launched their small fleet bound for a small rocky landmess called elephant island

Seven days sailing to the north all the sled dogs had been shot or eaten the supplies were diminished and it was clear

No one was coming to find them

You're listening to the final part of our miniseries that tells the incredible story of the endurance expedition of the often

Overlooked legends explore a Tom Kreen and captain Frank Wersley and of course the heroic leader the man

They called the boss who vowed to bring back every man alive whatever it took

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