Shackleton crew soak up sun, and true blue spirit

By Nicole Hasham
Updated January 29 2013 - 10:18am, first published 10:07am
Defying the odds … the Alexandra Shackleton consumed by ferocious, seven-metre high seas in Antarctica on it's way to South Georgia.
Defying the odds … the Alexandra Shackleton consumed by ferocious, seven-metre high seas in Antarctica on it's way to South Georgia.
Frank Hurley's photograph of Shackleton's rowing boat, the James Caird, being launched from Elephant Island in 1916.
Frank Hurley's photograph of Shackleton's rowing boat, the James Caird, being launched from Elephant Island in 1916.
Environmental scientist and explorer Tim Jarvis.
Environmental scientist and explorer Tim Jarvis.

IT WAS a meagre mercy, but a welcome one. After two days of feral seas, the crew of the Alexandra Shackleton emerged - wet, hungry and dog-tired - to sun themselves in a calm, zero-degree Antarctic chill.

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