Sentence examples for ship endurance from inspiring English sources

In 1914, Shackleton was planning to cross Antarctica via the South Pole, but en route from Buenos Aires his ship, Endurance, became trapped in the ice.

In 1914, Sir Ernest Shackleton and 27 men set out in the ship Endurance with the harebrained idea of crossing Antarctica on foot.

His ship, Endurance, became trapped in the ice in January 1915 and remained stuck fast until October, when the ice closed in and crushed it.

After towing a replica of Shackleton's ship Endurance to the site, a decision had to be made, much like one that Shackleton himself faced.

The captain of the British ship Endurance set out in 1914 to become the first man to cross the Antarctic continent.

The expedition began in August 1914, but by January 1915 their ship, Endurance, had become stuck in sea ice and eventually sank, leaving the crew stranded for months until they were able to reach the uninhabited Elephant Island.

The expedition required two ships: Endurance under Shackleton for the Weddell Sea party, and Aurora, under Captain Aeneas Mackintosh, for the Ross Sea party.

With modifications that were aimed at improving the ships endurance by including a diesel generator, it was launched as Velebit (P-01) in 1996.

The double bottom below the former positions of aft turrets was converted to hold fuel oil; this increased the ships' endurance to 9500 nautical miles at a speed of 16 knots.

He was responsible for much of the work that ensured the crew's survival after their ship, the Endurance, was destroyed when it became trapped in pack ice in the Weddell Sea.

He understood the power of slogans and named his ship the Endurance after his family's motto, "from endurance we conquer" (and of course his family would have a motto).