Quotes About Navigation

She was powered by a coal-fired, 350-hp steam engine, capable of driving her at speeds up to 10.2

Shackleton decided they would sail the Caird to the head of King Haakon Bay, a distance of about 6 miles.

The encircling ice fouled the oars, and collisions were unavoidable

Sailing Direction for Antarctica, these winds are described categorically:

The James Caird was in the lead with Shackleton at the tiller.

after a few minutes Worsley angrily cut it loose.

By two-thirty, the Caird was a little more than 3 miles off the coast

Crean hurriedly took over the helm from Worsley who spread the chart out so that he and Shackleton might study

they were primarily pulling boats, designed for rowing, not sailing.

Shackleton estimated the shelf ice off the Palmer Peninsula—the nearest known land—to be 182 miles WSW of them.

The Caird's bow was brought up into the wind, and the long wait for daybreak was begun.

Then, at just about two o'clock, they saw where they were.

Shackelton rushed aft and took over the lines of the tiller from Crean.

with the possible exception of the Fram, the vessel used by Fridtjof Nansen, and later by Amundsen.

her hull was altogether too rounded for most of those on board her.

At noon they were almost abeam of Cape Demidov once more

Worsley was ready with his sextant, and James stood by with his theodolite to catch the angle of the sun.

January 25, and to McNeish it was a "proper sea fog," indicating the presence of the ice-free ocean nearby.

advantage of the following wind to make for King George Island.

and they would be dragging two of their three boats with them

Our distance from Paulet I. is now 94 miles

It now lay exactly 91 miles away. But it was off to the WNW

By 5 P.M., after three hours on the trail, they were 1 mile from the ship

it seemed that they would simply pass Paulet Island by.