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On 27 October the pressure from the ice finally staved in the sides of Endurance: 'the ice mill is in motion again' wrote Hurley. 'Immense slabs are rafted, balance a moment, then topple down and are over-ridden by a chaos of crunched fragments…the line of pressure now assaults the ship and she is...

The pressure menaced us on all sides, August-September 1915

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On 27 October the pressure from the ice finally staved in the sides of Endurance: 'the ice mill is in motion again' wrote Hurley. 'Immense slabs are rafted, balance a moment, then topple down and are over-ridden by a chaos of crunched fragments…the line of pressure now assaults the ship and she is heaved to the crest of the ridge like a toy .' She finally sank on the 21 November 1915

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25th Oct 2011

Subjects:
 Geography, History, Science

Key Stages:
 Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4, Key Stage 4+

Geocode: Antarctica
Source: The Royal Collection copyright 2009, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
Date of artefact: 1915

Keywords:
Antarctica Polar explorers Shackleton Queen’s gallery Royal collection bromide

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