Historic Elephant Island, Antarctica is the site of Sir Ernest Shackleton's heroic rescue of 22 of his men

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.Elephant Isand in the South Shetlands Islands Antarctica is famous as the desolate place where Shackleton left 22 members of his "Endurance"expedition in1915 after their ship was crushed by packice in the Weddell Sea . They were stranded there for 135 days at Point Wild where they lived under 2 upturned lifeboats. He and 4 members of his crew rowed to South Georgia in the 22ft "James Caird" to bring help back to them Shackleton's heroic feat of navigation and endurance was rewarded when he found all alive and well after their ordeal

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