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Endurance leaves London the same day Germany and Russia go to war.

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Shackleton allows British government to use his ship and crew for the war effort.

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Endurance departs Plymouth after receiving a one-word telegram from Admiralty ("Proceed").

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Endurance leaves Buenos Aires, Argentina for South Georgia, with final crew on board.

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Last time crew will touch land in 497 days is when they depart from Grytviken whaling station, South Georgia.

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Endurance enters Antarctic pack ice.

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The boat crosses the Antarctic circle.

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First saw the Antarctic continent.

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Endurance gets stuck in pack ice.

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The farthest south the ship will reach is when it drifts to the 77th parallel in Vahsel Bay.

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Shackleton tells ship to halt on its routine.

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Sun disappears and will not reappear for four months.

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Celebrates Midwinter's Day with a feast.

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Frank Hurley takes photos of Endurance at nighttime which become famous.

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According to Perce Blackborow, the ice pressure makes the Endurance "literally [jump] into the air and [settle] on its beam."

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At 5 p.m., crew is ordered to abandon Endurance by Shackleton.

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Shackleton has crew erect Ocean Camp, after futile, three-day attempt to march over the ice.

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Shackleton and his crew watch Endurance sink with a single cry of "She's going, boys!"

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Averaging just a mile and a half a day, crew again begins march toward open water.

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Shackleton sets up Patience Camp after abandoning march.

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Camp gets blown across Arctic Circle by blizzard.

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Crew enjoys three full meals in honor of Leap Year Day.

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The crew shoots the remaining dogs (originally number 69) and eats the younger ones, on Shackleton's orders.

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Separated by the three lifeboats when the ice floe they were on splits in two, but they get them back.

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Elephant Island appears on the horizon.

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In the three lifeboats, the James Caird, the Dudley Docker, and the Stancomb Wills, the crew goes to sea.

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Lifeboats land safely on Elephant Island, after seven grueling days at sea.

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At a spot known as Cape Wild--after Frank Wild, who found it, Shackleton moves camp.

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Shackleton says he will sail the 22-and-a-half-foot James Caird 800 miles to South Georgia.

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In James Caird, Shackleton and five others depart for South Georgia.

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The James Caird miraculously arrives on the west coast of South Georgia, after 17 day in seas, with navigation by Frank Worsley.

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Shackleton, Worsley, and Crean set off across South Georgia's glacier-clad peaks to east-coast whaling stations.

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After 36 hours of trekking, Shackleton, Worsley, and Crean arrive at Stromness whaling station.

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Tries to rescue them but can't because of pack ice.

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before pack ice turns it back, survey ship Instituto de Pesca No 1, comes into sight of Elephant Island.

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Schooner Emma sets out from Punta Arenas, but gets stopped by pack ice.

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The Yelcho, a small steamer, sets sail with Shackleton, Worsley, and Crean for Elephant Island

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"I felt jolly near blubbing for a bit & could not speak for several minutes," Wild wrote about seeing Shackleton arrive with the Yelcho, which rescued the party on this day, 22 months after they'd set out from South Georgia.