On October 27, 1915, "the end of the Endurance had come," and Ernest Shackleton issued the order to abandon ship. Impaled by ramrods of ice and crushed by the unrelenting pressure of the pack, the ...

Early explorers skimmed the boundaries of Antarctica in daring sea voyages to the ends of the Earth. In the early 20th century, a new generation plunged into the interior. With only dogs, ponies ...