![]() ![]() What is admirable, and helped Shackleton's men to survive, Alexander believes, has a lot to do with the values of the Heroic Age of exploration. "One bad night on Everest," Alexander pointed out, "and people fall apart. Today's real-life adventures, such as those described in "The Perfect Storm" and "Into Thin Air," she said, "don't match up." The strength of character shown by the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition is missing. "It's bigger than any hype," Alexander said of the Shackleton story. ![]() Often overshadowed by other polar explorers, Shackleton is again a hero, with the recent boom in interest due in large part to the more than 150 photographs in this exhibit and an accompanying book, "The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition," by guest curator Caroline Alexander. The epic tale of Sir Ernest Shackleton resonates perhaps even more deeply 83 years later. ![]() ![]() 11, commemorates the failed polar expedition that became a legend of survival. This gripping, nostalgic exhibit, at the American Museum of Natural History in New York through Oct. One longs to just keep still.īut the crew of the James Caird had no such option. Stepping up, taking a sighting to chart a course, feels discombobulating and dizzying. A 22-foot open whaleboat, the James Caird, lies raised in the center of the room, a sextant above its wooden bow. The whistling of the wind and the crashing of waves engulf the visitor as three surrounding screens project a churning ocean and stormy sky. ![]()
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