We cruised for three days to cover the 1,200 miles from our embarkation point of Ushuaia, Argentina, to South Georgia Island; two days of about 1,000 miles to the Antarctic Peninsula; and nearly ...

In the final chapter of the adventure, Shackleton, accompanied by shipmates Tom Crean and Frank Worsley, sailed 800 miles on a 22-foot wooden lifeboat from Elephant Island to South Georgia where ...

Elephant Island was an inhospitable place that offered little hope of rescue. Shackleton knew that in order for his men to survive he would need to reach the larger island of South Georgia to the ...

On 24 April 1916 Shackleton and five of his men began an epic 800-mile open-boat voyage to South Georgia, leaving the remaining 22 men behind on Elephant Island After three frustrated rescue ...

A team of researchers are using drones and satellite images from space to count southern elephant seals on the sub-Antarctic Island of South Georgia. Using remotely piloted aerial systems (RPAS ...

41-year-old elephant headed to South Georgia sanctuary after 5-year rescue effort. ... After Hurricane Maria ripped through Puerto Rico in 2017, the island zoo lost its USDA license and closed.

Sally Poncet first came to South Georgia in 1977. Back then, she said, the sub-Antarctic island was as gorgeous as it is today: A spine of mountains, some 100 miles long, defines the terrain ...