An archive belonging to the captain of Sir Ernest Shackleton ’s ill-fated Antarctica expedition has emerged for sale, more than a century later.
Frank Worsley commanded the Endurance during the explorer’s voyage when the crew became stranded for 18 months in freezing conditions. Items up for auction contain details that have never been seen before, including a personal copy of Shackleton’s book recounting the disastrous trip from 1912 to 1915.
There is also a postcard with a picture of Endurance in pack ice, a watercolour by Worsley thought to depict the doomed craft and an order of service for Shackleton’s funeral in 1922.
