The Three Mystery Men of South Georgia Island

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  • Опубликовано: 21 ноя 2024

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  • @thomassain3985
    @thomassain3985 8 месяцев назад +399

    You WILL be better off knowing this story.

    • @toocooljonny
      @toocooljonny 7 месяцев назад +11

      Edit
      Ernest Shakelton was actually Irish

    • @Bigohno0
      @Bigohno0 6 месяцев назад +4

      ​@@toocooljonnyHey our profile pic are kiiiiinda similar 👍👌😮

    • @RoelofMalan
      @RoelofMalan 5 месяцев назад +5

      Insulting our intelligence, story begins with "uninhabited island" that ' MAGICALLY' has a town and people living there?? 😂😂

    • @Bigohno0
      @Bigohno0 5 месяцев назад +1

      @@RoelofMalan Right??!? 🤔

    • @RoelofMalan
      @RoelofMalan 5 месяцев назад +1

      @@Bigohno0 🤔 !!⚡

  • @24TRUTH1
    @24TRUTH1 7 месяцев назад +189

    Shakelton's wisdom in choosing to take along the carpenter due to his attitude, just shows the importance of choosing wise leaders with humility, perseverance, wisdom, discernment and forethought. He saved his men's lives because of it. Mental acuity and health is just as important as physical in a survival situation. Someone who is negative, fearful and discouraging is a complete cancer in such circumstances. One of my favorite stories! Thanks for sharing it!

    • @Bambisgf77
      @Bambisgf77 5 месяцев назад +1

      Well said 👏🏻

    • @christopherwhittaker2620
      @christopherwhittaker2620 5 месяцев назад

      Great comment

    • @ripwednesdayadams
      @ripwednesdayadams 5 дней назад

      I don’t think he deserved to be denied the polar medal because they wouldn’t have made it to South Georgia without his work on the James Caird. The other men who were denied the medal had even less reason to be punished that way. One of the surgeons said as much- basically saying it was unduly harsh given everything they went through.

  • @Gandalf47
    @Gandalf47 8 месяцев назад +126

    This story of survival against all odds was fascinating. All 28 men survived due to extraordinary leadership, combined with expert planning, and incredible resourcefulness and critical thinking. If just one decision that they made that enabled them to survive once the Endurance first got stuck in the ice had "gone South" (pun intended), none of them would have survived. In this instance, "Against all odds" is not hyperbole. It exhausted me emotionally to listen to the story, trying to imagine myself being faced with such "life or death" challenges, and I just can't imagine that the outcome would be close to as successful as this one. Everyone survived, and nobody had to resort to eating their friends, they didn't encounter hostile humans or animals, there were no external threats or obstacles other than Mother Nature in the icy seas of Antarctica, and, most encouragingly amazing - they maintained their sense of humor until the bitter end at the Elephant Island rescue. Why has this not been made into a movie? It almost soundls like "The Remnant at the South Pole". Thanks for telling us this story. It was one of the best 35 minutes I have ever spent on You Tube. I am subscribing now.

    • @renemeeks3255
      @renemeeks3255 6 месяцев назад +5

      so glad i read this review first. now i dont have to watch it

    • @Cooly_own
      @Cooly_own 6 месяцев назад

      80in😊😊8in😊uu⁸😅😊😅

    • @paulweeldreyer7457
      @paulweeldreyer7457 5 месяцев назад +1

      It's been made into a movie, at least once, around 2000 I think. Based on Caroline Alexander's book.

    • @IronMan-raho
      @IronMan-raho 5 месяцев назад +1

      There's actually a doco on YT about this story that explains it way better. 1 of the captains was from my country New Zealand.

    • @purestar7925
      @purestar7925 2 месяца назад

      They actually did have dangerous animals to contend with, leopard seals.

  • @vincentrobinson9325
    @vincentrobinson9325 8 месяцев назад +90

    I'm 57 years old. And I have to say, the most incredible, Story of Survival i ever heard in my life !! Wow

  • @toocooljonny
    @toocooljonny 7 месяцев назад +209

    Ernest Shakelton was actually Irish, as were most of Endurance"s crew.
    He was a proud Irish man, contradicting writers and news reporters when described as "British" he'd say "no, I'm Irish, I was born and raised in Ireland by generations of Irish, Ireland may be lorded over by the British but none the less it doesn't make me any less of an Irish man "

    • @DaughterofLir
      @DaughterofLir 5 месяцев назад +6

      Yep, but I think Americans see all of us as British. After all, Cillian Murphy is still having to correct people over a century later.

    • @snarklar
      @snarklar 5 месяцев назад +3

      ​@@DaughterofLirnot all of us. But yeah you're not wrong

    • @hangingwithmatty9465
      @hangingwithmatty9465 5 месяцев назад +5

      Ireland 🇮🇪 for the Irish ❤

    • @KryoPhlux
      @KryoPhlux 5 месяцев назад +6

      Hmm. That's interesting. I'm not disagreeing. I'm sure you know what you're talking about, and I know little of the man myself. But he must have had SOME English blood in his family, somewhere. After all, Shackleton is an English name. I come from an Irish/Welsh background myself, and can say with 100% certainty, it's not an Irish name.
      Maybe he was half English, or 1/4? Or maybe his family just adopted an English name. But even if he were full Irish, his name is full English. And he was mistaken about the term "British" from the sounds of it. British refers to anyone from the British Isles, including England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland and the hundreds of other little islands that make it up. He would've been able to take offense at being called "English", but if he said he wasn't British, he couldn't have been Irish, technically, either lol. Bottom line is, though, I'm grateful to you for correcting the video. All I knew about him was he was an explorer. Now I know he was also an Irish patriot! :D

    • @toocooljonny
      @toocooljonny 5 месяцев назад +3

      @@KryoPhlux Yes, you would have to delve deep into Irish history to understand the patriotism of the Irish, Britain ruled Ireland with an iron fist and caused millions of deaths due to the forced famine.
      As for the name Shackleton sounding British, a lot of original Irish surnames were changed by British absentee landlords made easier to pronounce, for example a typical Irish surname "O'Halaghran" pronounced "Oh (son of) Haligran" became O'Halligan, O'Phealón pronounced "Oh Flayloin" became Whelan.
      Shackleton might have been an a landlords name which a lot of the small holdings farmers would have been named by the British as surnames because they couldn't pronounce their proper real surnames, very much like the slaves in southern America were named after their slave owners. And don't get me started on the Irish because the first indentured slaves abducted and sent to the Caribbean islands.

  • @imperfectclark
    @imperfectclark 6 месяцев назад +175

    The last member of the Shackleton expedition, a ship named Endurance, waited. Her men had won glory and legend... she waited. A hundred, hoary years passed until finally, she was found (2022). Upright and unbroken by the ages, she had outlived them all.

    • @christopherwhittaker2620
      @christopherwhittaker2620 5 месяцев назад +4

      Unbroken ?

    • @imperfectclark
      @imperfectclark 5 месяцев назад +14

      @@christopherwhittaker2620 Ok... literally broken by sea ice, but not further broken by "the ages" (surprisingly intact thanks to sterile antarctic waters)

    • @christopherwhittaker2620
      @christopherwhittaker2620 5 месяцев назад +5

      @@imperfectclark sure and my apologies I wasn’t meaning to be a pedantic ass hole …I promise 😂👍👍

    • @imperfectclark
      @imperfectclark 5 месяцев назад +4

      @@christopherwhittaker2620 😅 all good

    • @Randomblurbz
      @Randomblurbz 5 месяцев назад +2

      Yeah very good mate. What a writer you are. Cheese.

  • @sjb3460
    @sjb3460 8 месяцев назад +69

    Yes, the greatest rescue of all time. The saddest thing about the whole expidetion is that some of the survivors were killed in WWI.

    • @Jason-gg4lm
      @Jason-gg4lm 6 месяцев назад +1

      🤷‍♂️

    • @kidsgrowingup
      @kidsgrowingup 6 месяцев назад +2

      It certainly is sad. But that has nothing to do with the expedition.

    • @VivaCristoRei9
      @VivaCristoRei9 5 месяцев назад

      @@kidsgrowingupso..?

    • @ry-land-
      @ry-land- 5 месяцев назад +13

      @@VivaCristoRei9Men beating all odds and surviving just to be killed by some politicians war. It is sad, and an interesting fact. Your comment is useless

  • @rebeccascharr2140
    @rebeccascharr2140 7 месяцев назад +4

    I am so happy I found this and excited to see more. I Love to watch the painting which was a fantastic surprise! That was an added bonus to see that.Thank you for all your work.

  • @christopherrobinmarriott7218
    @christopherrobinmarriott7218 6 месяцев назад +320

    You need to tell your $75 voiceover guy that it’s not ‘intensive purposes’ it’s for “all intents and purposes”.

    • @StickEBallz
      @StickEBallz 5 месяцев назад +16

      ooook. phew. thought I'd had it wrong all this time

    • @melissabruner1224
      @melissabruner1224 4 месяца назад +9

      RAN HERE TO SAY THIS!

    • @TerryWhisk
      @TerryWhisk 4 месяца назад +33

      The voiceover guy didn’t write the script…

    • @frankthetank8050
      @frankthetank8050 4 месяца назад +16

      The voiceover guy needs to tell the scriptwriter guy that it’s not „intensive purposes“ rather „all intents and purposes“

    • @RicAdbur
      @RicAdbur 4 месяца назад +20

      The voiceover guy knew. He just didn't think it was his job to rewrite the copy he was given.

  • @lobstrocity5534
    @lobstrocity5534 7 месяцев назад +12

    Man, you're really easy to listen to and understand . For that, i thank you.

  • @KindredPlagiarist
    @KindredPlagiarist 8 месяцев назад +158

    The expression is "for all intents and purposes" not "for all intensive purposes". This is a very good video.

    • @theramplocal
      @theramplocal 8 месяцев назад +6

      Oh no way, today I learned

    • @beesmitty3435
      @beesmitty3435 8 месяцев назад +3

      Totally correct, but it's one of those clubs that doesn't bother me bc 'intensive purposes' is pretty synonymous.. like instead of every intent and purpose it's saying 'by any meaningful/important intent or purpose..

    • @peterj5106
      @peterj5106 8 месяцев назад +7

      There's probably the actual correct way then the American way.

    • @KindredPlagiarist
      @KindredPlagiarist 8 месяцев назад +23

      @@peterj5106 there's not

    • @blueocean2510
      @blueocean2510 8 месяцев назад +2

      He may have been born in Ireland, similar to Tom Crean, if so he is Irish not from the UK.

  • @hjackwingo
    @hjackwingo 2 месяца назад +1

    Watching the artist artwork evolve added an element of fascination and envy

  • @randosavage1459
    @randosavage1459 8 месяцев назад +1327

    "uninhabited island"
    has a town...

    • @chadrowe8452
      @chadrowe8452 7 месяцев назад +169

      With children

    • @lobstrocity5534
      @lobstrocity5534 7 месяцев назад +35

      😂😂😂

    • @kesfitzgerald1084
      @kesfitzgerald1084 7 месяцев назад +16

      Hardly a town

    • @hhunstad2011
      @hhunstad2011 7 месяцев назад +75

      Not a town, a whaling station. Different.

    • @randosavage1459
      @randosavage1459 7 месяцев назад +167

      ​@@hhunstad2011 Whaling station implies habitation, so my point stands. It wasn't uninhabited.
      Also, the children find them on the edge of "town" according to the story.

  • @DrinkerOfWindex
    @DrinkerOfWindex 8 месяцев назад +44

    I read every book I could find in our library on Shackleton. Amazing dude.

  • @conzmoleman
    @conzmoleman 23 дня назад

    Every time I read/hear/watch a version of this story I tear up several dozen times.

  • @user-kb5fi1hm3u
    @user-kb5fi1hm3u 5 месяцев назад +9

    Amazing leadership and fortitude of the crew. Frank Hurley 's footage is incredible.
    Sad stories of the men on return to civilization. Rescue was on my birthday 30th August.

  • @storm___
    @storm___ 4 месяца назад +2

    Amazing storytelling ability and felt like a documentary but also emotionally invested me. Bravo! Brilliant quality.

  • @michaelbosse3490
    @michaelbosse3490 8 месяцев назад +53

    Accuracy of the story aside,I like the style of this video. Original and creative.

    • @Sunshine-pn2gy
      @Sunshine-pn2gy 7 месяцев назад

      Yeah me too, so cool

    • @RadikatMLG
      @RadikatMLG 4 месяца назад +1

      The two dudes talking made the video sound kinda like a podcast, but the story was good.

  • @altoncrane9714
    @altoncrane9714 6 месяцев назад +59

    As a younger history fan ( about 50 some years ago ) I read the book " endurance " by Alfred Lansing, at least three times. At 68, it still leaves me awed to think of such feats, truly an amazing band of heroes.

    • @phiberoptick
      @phiberoptick 5 месяцев назад +1

      The audio book is great also

    • @davew5161
      @davew5161 5 месяцев назад +1

      THE most incredible sailing journey in a small vessel of all time. Shackleton made up his mind to sail from Elephant to S Georgia. An impossible trip, but he knew it was the only way. Even if only a 1% chance to make it. So he decided, and no one challenged him. It was life out death. The whalers with decades of experience in those seas said "What you did can not be done"

    • @sjb3460
      @sjb3460 4 месяца назад

      I read it too. But I got bored with the boats being called by their proper names. I would have preferred boat 1, boat 2, boat 3.

  • @jwoody8815
    @jwoody8815 7 месяцев назад +8

    WOW dude, that painting looks like you could step right into it.

  • @svenhurdurburdursson8765
    @svenhurdurburdursson8765 8 месяцев назад +7

    This channel should be going viral! I love it!!!

  • @AnEmptyHeadFullProduction
    @AnEmptyHeadFullProduction Месяц назад

    First time I've heard this part of the story... human endurance to achieve such feats is outstanding.
    That painting is outstanding also !!

  • @100-0ca-rsi-nmy-gar-age
    @100-0ca-rsi-nmy-gar-age 8 месяцев назад +50

    im so lucky i stumbled across this channel

    • @silverXnoise
      @silverXnoise 8 месяцев назад +3

      This one, and @bobbyfingers are the two best I’ve seen in years. Truly stellar work.

    • @chrisg4305
      @chrisg4305 8 месяцев назад +1

      Me too the Sherman video hooked me

    • @theramplocal
      @theramplocal 8 месяцев назад +2

      Dude my algorithm recommended this video, awesome and subbed!

    • @dagalfheim7056
      @dagalfheim7056 4 месяца назад

      I think the appropriate wording is the video stumbled across you

  • @kylegates6043
    @kylegates6043 8 месяцев назад +11

    One of the most remarkable feats of human endurance.

  • @Mike-O-Sullivan
    @Mike-O-Sullivan 5 месяцев назад +6

    Shackleton and Crean are my twin spirit animals. I have their portraits hanging in my man cave and when the going gets tough, I look toward them and remind myself of the vast odds the human spirit can overcome. Rest their noble souls.

  • @Simrata_
    @Simrata_ 2 месяца назад +1

    my heart ❤ what an incredible story…. you both told it so well…. I loved this…. I could visualize everything….

  • @ricocarrillo1945
    @ricocarrillo1945 8 месяцев назад +4

    Different from the other narrations I'm used to watching on RUclips, but well done. Gained a subscriber

  • @michaelhead7483
    @michaelhead7483 8 месяцев назад +6

    Glad yt recommended these guys. Most of the recommendations are garbage but y'all clearly try to put together a solid video

    • @55Folks
      @55Folks  8 месяцев назад +1

      Appreciate it. Yeah we're trying to keep getting better and make stuff actually worth clicking on haha

  • @Tamaresque
    @Tamaresque 5 месяцев назад +2

    That was a very slow story, saved by the lovely artwork unfolding before our eyes.

  • @markmenzies4218
    @markmenzies4218 8 месяцев назад +16

    Frank Worlsey is the hero of this whole story.

    • @christopherwhittaker2620
      @christopherwhittaker2620 5 месяцев назад +4

      Only him ?
      No. They are all heroes.

    • @danielpalmer6266
      @danielpalmer6266 4 месяца назад +1

      Worsley was a great navigation officer, now without Shackleton you wouldn't even know he has existed.

    • @Denaligirljodie
      @Denaligirljodie 2 месяца назад

      He was doing what he was trained to do. Was he brave and courageous definitely but he undoubtedly was doing his job and did his job well.

  • @alexivaschenko5567
    @alexivaschenko5567 7 месяцев назад +3

    Awesome painting

  • @joeystonehouse8768
    @joeystonehouse8768 8 месяцев назад +10

    I love this channel dude, the conversational approach to history is just perfect. Buddy coming in with a Seinfeld reference was too good.

  • @johnpeace23
    @johnpeace23 5 месяцев назад +3

    If you ever get the chance, watch Shackleton with Kenneth Branagh,definitely one of the best drama's I have ever seen, I ended up getting it on DVD! And as for Sir Ernest Shackleton, what an absolute hero,legend and leader, this guy doesn't get the acclaim he should get, great man. RIP Sir Ernest.

  • @andreaswilliams8415
    @andreaswilliams8415 7 месяцев назад +3

    This is one of my most favorite stories of all time. I'd never heard the additional information about them fighting in WW 1. Thank you for the wonderful context. These men are all legendary in my opinion

  • @blueocean2510
    @blueocean2510 8 месяцев назад +54

    Ernest Shackleton was born in Kildare, Ireland, Tom Crean in Kerry, both of them are Irish.

    • @toddaulner5393
      @toddaulner5393 6 месяцев назад +1

      So was he supported by England then?

    • @Atlas99973
      @Atlas99973 6 месяцев назад +8

      Plus all of Ireland was British at that point.

    • @blueocean2510
      @blueocean2510 6 месяцев назад +11

      @@Atlas99973 It never was or will be, The Celts do not bow their heads to the Anglos.

    • @Atlas99973
      @Atlas99973 6 месяцев назад +2

      @@blueocean2510 🙏👌😂😂 💪💪

    • @LoyalandTrue.
      @LoyalandTrue. 4 месяца назад +1

      @@blueocean2510 GSTK to the UDA.

  • @Corndogg316
    @Corndogg316 4 месяца назад

    For all intents and purposes. This is one of the better videos I’ve seen on this subject

  • @bradsullivan2298
    @bradsullivan2298 7 месяцев назад +2

    This video is so well done and thanks for sharing!

  • @Melanie-bn3sj
    @Melanie-bn3sj 5 месяцев назад

    I thoroughly enjoyed your presentation of the story. Especially liked the fact that you created artwork depicting the harrowing ordeal. Thank you for bringing quality information, creativity, and your own wonderful voices to the show! ❤

  • @JosePlata
    @JosePlata 8 месяцев назад +31

    The greatest story ever.

    • @TheScotian82
      @TheScotian82 5 месяцев назад

      May be. Certainly right up there.

  • @kenton6098
    @kenton6098 7 месяцев назад +5

    They took the 22 ft. James Caird from Elephant Island to South Georgia. The bilge was filled with rocks for ballast and that’s what they had to lie on. The boat was decked over so there was hardly any headroom.

  • @azdrifter3968
    @azdrifter3968 8 месяцев назад +4

    Amazing the things humans are capable of surviving. The ones who survived the war right after that must have had the craziest stories to tell their grandkids.

  • @nickbrown3109
    @nickbrown3109 6 месяцев назад +5

    Sick paintings!!

  • @soggi_pancakes9860
    @soggi_pancakes9860 7 месяцев назад +1

    this videos are super bingeable, i hope we get more than 55 in the future!

  • @Ryo7_7
    @Ryo7_7 6 месяцев назад +2

    I remember hearing of this. It was gnarly expedition just with a ship. I couldn't even imagine it. Dig the channel. 👍

  • @wapartist
    @wapartist 7 месяцев назад +13

    The Tom Crean part made me LOL

    • @SAC-xz5gl
      @SAC-xz5gl 4 месяца назад +2

      Me too, WTF was that supposed to be a joke or did they really just google and took the first picture of Tom Crean they could find without researching it.

  • @LilyGazou
    @LilyGazou 5 месяцев назад

    The Third Man Factor- great book. Shackleton and his men are the stars of that.
    I had a similar experience as a mountaineer in my youth- only in regard to having “a presence” in an emergency.

  • @Upgraydez
    @Upgraydez 6 месяцев назад +5

    What a cool video idea. I like the painting going on during the video. And the discussion aspect is an international change from other documentary channels.

  • @Goldmouthperspective
    @Goldmouthperspective 8 месяцев назад +7

    75 bucks?! I love how that came in 🤣🤣🤣

  • @annakeye
    @annakeye 6 месяцев назад +2

    *@55 Folks*
    That has to be one of the best, perhaps _the_ best retellings of the story of Endurance. A more aptly named ship I am yet to hear. We grew up hearing stories of Shackleton and his men and
    it really does demonstrate that he was an exceptional leader. It's just a pity there aren't more people made of the stuff that gave him the skills to not only survive but to do every damned thing
    regardless, to get his men. Maybe it being from a different time is part of what made him so exceptional.

  • @atulpandey9567
    @atulpandey9567 6 месяцев назад +1

    Most underrated channel with most authentic and remarkable content 👏 👌 good job guys ❤❤

    • @55Folks
      @55Folks  6 месяцев назад

      Thank you!

  • @granpastreetz
    @granpastreetz 6 месяцев назад +5

    You all should check out the documentary where guys try to replicate the journey in the exact same type of boat. Enduring the same conditions using the same type of navigation equipment. They were trailed by modern boats in case of emergency. But it shows how they were constantly battling the elements.

    • @lgarla23
      @lgarla23 6 месяцев назад

      What’s it called?

    • @granpastreetz
      @granpastreetz 6 месяцев назад

      @@lgarla23 I don't know off hand. I remember it on TV a long time ago I will hunt it down and post it here.

    • @thegoodobserver
      @thegoodobserver 5 месяцев назад

      ​@granpastreetz find it yet? 😁

    • @granpastreetz
      @granpastreetz 5 месяцев назад

      Chasing Shackleton is what it's called. I only found the trailer.
      /NqbOQ_szmCY?feature=shared

    • @alistar3.143
      @alistar3.143 4 месяца назад

      Idk I think it was done by nat geo but they failed

  • @lukuscarter3563
    @lukuscarter3563 6 месяцев назад +2

    What an amazing historical event. They pulled thru. Men pulled thru.

  • @thewaywardgrape3838
    @thewaywardgrape3838 6 месяцев назад +2

    I've never heard this tale before. Thanks for sharing - Subscribed!

  • @ESmyth-nu7ug
    @ESmyth-nu7ug 8 месяцев назад +3

    Really cool video... felt a little like podcast banter at times... but not in a bad way... really enjoyed listening... I loved the ending (y)

  • @jacoblopez4724
    @jacoblopez4724 6 месяцев назад +1

    This is what a really big channel looks like before it takes off. Great stuff.

  • @user-in3bb6rc7c
    @user-in3bb6rc7c 5 месяцев назад

    Very visually interesting and relaxing. Great video. I have heard this story many times but it has never been layed out so nicely before. Thanks! Subscribed.

  • @whorlwinds.9750
    @whorlwinds.9750 4 месяца назад

    Just found this video- subscribed immediately! So much time and care went into the telling of this story; amazing! Loved everything about it-Visuals: stunning and visceral realtime painting, photos, film footage (where did you find it?), maps.
    Verbiage: great narrative, journal quotes, accounts of the times, etc. Am blown away by the quality of your work. Can’t wait to watch everything else you have created. Thank you!

  • @carltond.bullington720
    @carltond.bullington720 4 месяца назад

    Excellent telling of the shakelton expedition.

  • @dreamweaver4886
    @dreamweaver4886 4 месяца назад

    Thank you so much for this riveting story. The way in which you told it made this video outstanding, and it's one of the best I've seen in a long while. You certainly have gained yourselves a new subscriber. Keep up the good work. Thank you again. ❤

    • @55Folks
      @55Folks  4 месяца назад

      Thank you! Appreciate it 👍

  • @righteousviking
    @righteousviking 4 месяца назад +1

    Damn, all of that unimaginable dread, stress, and the sheer inhumanity of surviving the Antarctic, just to get home in time for the War to End All Wars.

  • @mrconfusion87
    @mrconfusion87 6 месяцев назад

    Ah yes! I remember reading about this story in a Reader's Digest issue a number of years ago! Damn bad ass Shackleton and his crew!

  • @75blackviking
    @75blackviking 6 месяцев назад +1

    Great story. Just came across this channel. Subscribed.

  • @3XLDave
    @3XLDave 5 месяцев назад +1

    Cool way to introduce this story.

  • @erinmaron3402
    @erinmaron3402 7 месяцев назад

    EXCELLENT! I have always loved this story but you added so much more detail and texture in this telling. I HAD to subscribe. Well done guys...

  • @aspie-anarchist9854
    @aspie-anarchist9854 4 месяца назад +2

    I know shackelton probably felt disappointed he never crossed or hit the pole. But whatever he is way more heroic for this anyway. This story is far more historical and interesting than the Norwegians successful trek to the pole. What's crazy is this was the third time he had been on a failed antarctic expidetion and no one died all three times.

  • @Blackwing-q2t
    @Blackwing-q2t 4 месяца назад

    Fantastic presentation, well done! Great art btw.

  • @hipflask
    @hipflask 6 месяцев назад

    Fantastic story. Well done

  • @evanhughes3027
    @evanhughes3027 8 месяцев назад +27

    "For all intents and purposes." Not, "for all intensive purposes"

  • @ProjectProwl
    @ProjectProwl 4 месяца назад +1

    5:01 “lashed and terminated” dear neptune

  • @rodrigosenra2693
    @rodrigosenra2693 6 месяцев назад

    wow...this is great, I loved to watch. I know a lot about Shackleton adventure with his crew, but this documentary, alongside with this beautiful painting, it was emotional. Shackleton is my hero, and he was the head of the greatest adventure ever.

  • @kesfitzgerald1084
    @kesfitzgerald1084 7 месяцев назад +2

    There is a replica of the wee boat - The James Caird, made for a movie which I believe was called, Shackleton's Captain - somewhere in the South Island of New Zealand. It was in a bookstore in Oamaru then Christchurch. Not sure where it is now.
    The James Caird isn't very big and certainly wasn't designed for those big seas. I understand there was some computer modelling as to the statistical chances of sucess of that journey a number of times and everytime it has failed.
    Surely their success was a testament to those hard, brave men. However, a special mention must surely go to Worsley for his extraordinary navigation and seamanship.

  • @sheepdog1102
    @sheepdog1102 8 месяцев назад +2

    Why what a tenacious bunch of men!

  • @jarryd-leekock6611
    @jarryd-leekock6611 6 месяцев назад

    Truly an awesome video, very well done sir!

  • @robgrey6183
    @robgrey6183 4 месяца назад

    No radios. No GPS. No satellite phones or decent maps.
    No contact with anyone else on the planet.
    I'm old enough to have experienced that, for weeks and months at a time. In the arctic. In the mountains.
    But, nothing like these men.
    In a week or so I'll walk across a mountain range. Alone. No cell phone. Just to get that feeling again.
    I have a copy of "Shackleton's Boat Journey" on my shelf. I read it every year.

  • @TheSilmarillian
    @TheSilmarillian 8 месяцев назад +1

    Am a wordsmith I paint pictures with words , watching the first drops of black paint that went onto that canvas I knew a story was about 2 unfold not just on canvas................Watched 2 the end I could fall into that piece of art work, me ? ,can draw stick people and smiley faces that be about all good people , can put words 2gether though same as that artist melded colours and paint.

  • @keemosobee3067
    @keemosobee3067 Месяц назад

    That was dope!! nice job men 🫡

  • @Myst1cM0nk
    @Myst1cM0nk 5 месяцев назад

    In all honesty, if those weren’t nearly insurmountable odds then idk what are, that’s wild thanks for sharing this story

  • @jacobrawles8687
    @jacobrawles8687 8 месяцев назад +1

    Well done gentlemen.

  • @hunterholland6566
    @hunterholland6566 5 месяцев назад

    I found your podcast test episode on Spotify, please release this on more platforms. Your content is so rad

    • @55Folks
      @55Folks  5 месяцев назад

      Appreciate it! Yeah this is a good reminder to start putting audio versions up elsewhere

  • @michaelarchangelthehammer
    @michaelarchangelthehammer 5 месяцев назад

    Amazing!!. Inspirational,,,dudes were absolute units!.…

  • @christopherwhittaker2620
    @christopherwhittaker2620 5 месяцев назад

    As a British person I feel I should have known about this truly incredible story. Yet I didn’t. Makes me feel a little embarrassed if I’m honest. I’ve heard the name Shackleton but never knew about this story. And I really enjoyed the conversation between you two guys and the painting is so so good. I’ve subscribed and look forward to checking out past and future videos.

  • @wessthemess117
    @wessthemess117 6 месяцев назад

    Amazing narration good job 👍

  • @Sumofabish
    @Sumofabish 7 месяцев назад +1

    The resemblance of Shackleton and Admiral Richard Byrd in their uniforms is striking. Both were Antarctic explorers

  • @CarolineBearoline
    @CarolineBearoline 8 месяцев назад +2

    Superb! Chef's kiss!
    I wish I could like and subscribe more than once lol

  • @lk4136
    @lk4136 4 месяца назад

    heard this story many times before but ye told it well....

  • @skeetsmcgrew3282
    @skeetsmcgrew3282 5 месяцев назад

    I would have given up like day 3. Two years is unbelievable.

  • @MrSpikebender
    @MrSpikebender 7 месяцев назад +1

    That was pretty cool. It was like story time and Bob Ross all rolled into one.

  • @davidcraig4112
    @davidcraig4112 6 месяцев назад +1

    Nice work…

  • @johnmcmenemy3864
    @johnmcmenemy3864 6 месяцев назад +6

    Enjoyed the painting too

  • @kathyshields9146
    @kathyshields9146 6 месяцев назад +1

    Just watched, tv, really enjoyed the story and watching the painter. I didn’t intend to watch but curiosity got the best of me so I wanted to leave a comment. This entailed having to go back to the search function, found that subscribed and liked. Went to leave a comment and found in order to do that I had to go to the utube on my phone and again I searched and found you again. This is likely automatic for most, but I’m getting old so it was a lot for me.😂 Anyway, I just wanted to say thanks and good job! 😅😊

    • @55Folks
      @55Folks  6 месяцев назад

      Awesome to hear - thanks for going to all that trouble!

  • @KSpides53
    @KSpides53 7 месяцев назад +40

    Funny thing. Not only will absolutely no one human or group of humans EVER cross the entirety of Antarctica....The captains who attempted to Navigate 360 degrees around the continent All of them Every one of them documented failure. One captain Cook Stated he sailed 3 years over 60 thousand miles never once being able to turn or find a a way around. 3 years and 60 thousand miles equals 3 trips around the plain.

    • @amarshmuseconcepta6197
      @amarshmuseconcepta6197 7 месяцев назад +2

      🎯

    • @michaelallen3304
      @michaelallen3304 5 месяцев назад +2

      Why is this?

    • @jasonking6548
      @jasonking6548 5 месяцев назад

      ​@@michaelallen3304because Antartica is not a continent but an ice wall that surrounds us 360 degrees.. Check out Admiral Byrd and then look up the Antartic treaty..

    • @TheScotian82
      @TheScotian82 5 месяцев назад +3

      Well there ya go I guess its a massive ice wall around the entire flat planet then.
      Like Game of Thrones on steroids. 👌

    • @christopherwhittaker2620
      @christopherwhittaker2620 5 месяцев назад +4

      Colin O’Brady crossed Antarctica. So not sure what you’re talking about.

  • @joshmay817
    @joshmay817 8 месяцев назад +8

    For all intents AND purposes Not intensive purposes. This is the second of your videos I have watched and they both have this howler in it.

  • @mei4195
    @mei4195 5 месяцев назад

    great vids!

  • @williamsullivan3967
    @williamsullivan3967 8 месяцев назад +18

    Guys, stop what you’re doing, the latest 55 Folks dropped!

    • @williamsullivan3967
      @williamsullivan3967 8 месяцев назад +4

      I forgot to mention, I absolutely love the painting progressions in your videos. Such a cool thing to splice in. Thanks for the effort!

    • @55Folks
      @55Folks  8 месяцев назад +5

      👍👍 thanks for watching!

    • @spun8389
      @spun8389 8 месяцев назад +1

      Argue you tuuube! It didnt show me that does it I gota hit the bell for this one channel

  • @haloharley15
    @haloharley15 8 месяцев назад +5

    Is the voice over guy $75 per video? Because Im down as fuck to throw in to keep him in these. It adds so much to such an incredible narrative thats being conveyed as two dudes having a conversation about cool history shit. I absolutely love these videos and cant wait for whoever is next

  • @feedmytv
    @feedmytv 5 месяцев назад

    to add a little background. in 1915 spark transceivers were a thing and we did intercontinental transmissions, however these records required up to 100kW of power.

  • @joeythegypsy
    @joeythegypsy 4 месяца назад

    That was good. Very interesting.

  • @kareno8634
    @kareno8634 4 месяца назад

    *HAIL!* Thank You.

  • @czaleo100fuegos
    @czaleo100fuegos 6 месяцев назад +1

    What a tale . Truly heroic men

  • @CatchLastCast
    @CatchLastCast 6 месяцев назад

    First time listening folks….What a fun entertaining form of literacy my dudes! Really cool! Definately going to subscribe. Great art . Grab a coffee or tea (if you’re a tough guy) and buckle up !!! What a great trip! Seal blubber stove 🔥🔥Facts