THE SHACKLETON MISSION
the shackleton mission
The team will embark on an 800 nautical mile rowing journey across the Southern Ocean and the Scotia Sea, in some of the most tumultuous ocean waters on the planet, on January 12th, 2023. They were inspired by the voyage made by Shackleton and his crew in their lifeboat between 1914-1917, which, despite many dramatic failures, ended with the heroic survival of the entire 28-person crew, and has been called the greatest small boat voyage of all time. The team hopes to have the Polar Medal, the world’s most prestigious award for polar exploration, awarded posthumously to a member of the original crew, Harry “Chippy” McNish, who was overlooked at the time despite being one of the most competent team members . The boat of the 2023 expedition is named, “Mrs Chippy,” in memory of Chippy’s cat who accompanied the original voyage.
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One of the goals of The Shackleton Mission expedition is to support the cause of designating new marine protected areas in the Southern Ocean of at least 4,000,000 sq km - the largest in history.
