The White Darkness - Henry Worsley's journey

I've blogged about this previously, but it has come back into my feed recently. It's a long piece by David Grann, which tells the story of Henry Worsley. He was apparently a distant relative of Frank Worsley: Shackleton's navigator who steered a course for the 'James Caird' from Elephant Island to South Georgia.

He was determined to complete the trans-Antarctic journey that Worsley was never able to complete once the 'Endurance' was trapped in the pack ice and sunk. The ship was the target of a recent expedition too, who hoped to locate the wreck, but were unable to before the ice prevented them. In 2009, Worsley was part of a successful group expedition to cross Antarctica in Shackleton's footsteps. In 2016, he set off to complete the first solo, unaided crossing of Antarctica. At the time, I followed the journey with a Y6 group that I had for a Geography Explorers session. His website tracked his journey, and had updates, and images of the equipment he was using.

Read the rest of the story by following the link here.
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