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Ernest Shackleton's 1916 journey from the Antarctic to South Georgia is one of the epic survival adventures, grippingly told in his book South. No attempt to copy his open boat voyage across the Southern Ocean or the crossing of the mountainous island can emulate the original, perilous in itself and with the lives of the crew left behind in Antarctica depending on it. Yet Tim Jarvis's authentic re-enactment, completed on Monday when he arrived at the South Georgia whaling station at Stromness after a 19-day voyage and climb, has come close. Using a reconstruction of Shackleton's open boat and relying mainly on traditional kit, Mr Jarvis and his team endured gales at sea and blizzards on land, suffering trench foot, frostbite and repeated crevasse falls along the way. Though the circumstances of Shackleton's journey were unrepeatable, Mr Jarvis's tribute expedition has had a danger and heroism that are worthy of the original.Ernest Shackleton's 1916 journey from the Antarctic to South Georgia is one of the epic survival adventures, grippingly told in his book South. No attempt to copy his open boat voyage across the Southern Ocean or the crossing of the mountainous island can emulate the original, perilous in itself and with the lives of the crew left behind in Antarctica depending on it. Yet Tim Jarvis's authentic re-enactment, completed on Monday when he arrived at the South Georgia whaling station at Stromness after a 19-day voyage and climb, has come close. Using a reconstruction of Shackleton's open boat and relying mainly on traditional kit, Mr Jarvis and his team endured gales at sea and blizzards on land, suffering trench foot, frostbite and repeated crevasse falls along the way. Though the circumstances of Shackleton's journey were unrepeatable, Mr Jarvis's tribute expedition has had a danger and heroism that are worthy of the original.
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