A Chilean tugboat built in Scotland in 1906, the Yelcho was an unlikely savior. The ship was completely unsuited to her mission in Antarctic waters. She had no heating and only one hull. Still, the 120 ft. ship succeeded where three others had failed.
Ed. Note: Worsley and Macklin wrote similar entries about being perfectly content with their situation. Orde-Lees' Journal - December 11,...
Frank Hurley's Journal - December 10, 1915 All hands in tents to-day. Bleak and drifting snow, mild blizzard. Wind very erratic,...
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