SOUTH GEORGIA ISLAND
Shackleton Quest
Executive summary by darmansjah
CRAMMED with mountains, glaciers, and penguins, this stark place can seem more like the Antarctic than Antarctica itself, say those who’ve been to both. The Anglo-Irish polar explorer Ernest Shackleton landed here in 1916 after sailing 800 treacherous miles in an open boat, only to trudge across the island in a bid for safety. Retrace his journey, by ski and sleigh, from King Haakon Bay up the Murray Snowfield, over the spine of the Trident Ridge to Crean Glacier,