This quadruple-stumper came from Friday, 2-11: In Down South in South Georgia: “South Georgia is the burial site for this explorer who made a grueling journey across the island after his ship, the Endurance, was trapped in pack ice.”
This sounds exciting. What an apt name for his ship! The clue refers to Sir Ernest Shackleton. First, how about another map? Personally, I can never see too many of those:
The island, with the South Sandwich Islands, is that shaded part off to the lower right of South America. James Cook discovered the islands. There is no arable land there, or native inhabitants. The area is slightly bigger than Rhode Island. Except for a brief period in 1982, the islands have belonged to the United Kingdom since 1908, and the Union Jack is on its flag:
As for Shackleton, he stopped on South Georgia in 1914 on his way to crossing Antarctica on foot! Strangely, he was born on this day in 1874! (He died in 1922 in South Georgia on a later expedition.) In the incident mentioned in the clue, the Endurance drifted for 10 months before it was crushed. Then Shackleton and his crew drifted on ice floes another 5 months, until they Elephant Island, 800 miles from South Georgia Island! Endurance indeed.
I see that Shackleton wrote about his adventures. I’m thinking I’m gonna hit the library this weekend.