Expedition photographer Frank Hurley took this famous shot of Shackleton and six other men as they departed the barren and dangerous Elephant Island in a desperate attempt to reach safety on South Georgia Island, more than two weeks away across the stormy Southern Ocean. A party of 22 men waited on Elephant Island, depending on Shackleton's safe arrival at South Georgia to effect a rescue.
Photo: Frank Hurley/Scott Polar Research Institute/NOVA/Shackleton's Voyage of Endurance