This article originally appeared on VICE USIn the winter of 1915, British explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton took a crew of 28 people with him on his ship Endurance with the intention to explore Antarctica. But before he had even reached the continent, his ship was trapped in the Weddell Sea. Through a combination of outstanding leadership (he assigned his crew members specific tasks during a nine-month period to keep them from developing cabin fever or ennui) and bravery (after finding his crew members temporary refuge at Elephant Island, he decided to go alone on a 1480-kilometer trip across the ocean to seek help, armed with nothing but a tiny lifeboat), Shackleton managed to defeat all odds, bringing his entire crew alive to Punta Arenas, Chile, 20 months after the initial fiasco.On VICE News: A 10,000-Year-Old Ice Shelf in Antarctica Is Disintegrating
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