South : the story of Shackleton's last expedition, 1914-1917 /

Adjustments of coastal place-names in the Antarctic, 1951

“…75° 34' S., long. 31° 30' W. The name Caird Coast was given to these discoveries, but Bruce's name Coats Land was retained for the coast extending north-eastward to the most northerly point seen (Wordie, 1918;Shackleton, 1919). The coastline between longs.…”

U.S. Southern Ocean Global Ecosystems Dynamics Program

“…About fifteen years later, Sir Ernest Shackleton and his crew overwintered on Elephant Island, at the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula, after their ship, the Endurance, was crushed by sea ice in the Weddell Sea. This expedition is remembered mostly for the epic rescue of the ship's crew, but it did provide important scientific results (see Shackleton, 1919and Wordie, 1918, 1921a.…”

Gordon Elliott (Tony) Fogg (1919–2005): pioneering plant physiologist and gifted writer

“…More recently, Fogg was an enthusiastic member of the James Caird Society, named after the 20-foot boat in which another former Dulwich College pupil, the Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton and five others began the historic rescue of the entire crew of the Endurance after she became entrapped in pack ice. Shackleton's own enthralling account has been greatly enhanced in a new edition in which Frank Hurley's famous expedition photographs are given due prominence (Shackleton 1919;Shackleton and King 1991).…”