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Sir Ernest Shackleton, in his 1919 book South, described his belief that an incorporeal companion joined him and his men during the final leg of his 1914–1917 Antarctic expedition, which became stranded in pack ice for more than two years and endured immense hardships in the attempt to reach safety.
John Grigsby Geiger CM is an American-born Canadian author and shipwreck hunter. He is best known for his book The Third Man Factor: Surviving the Impossible, [1] which popularized the concept of the "third man", an incorporeal being that aids people under extreme duress.
Shackleton's first experience of the polar regions was as third officer on Captain Robert Falcon Scott's Discovery Expedition of 1901–1904, from which he was sent home early on health grounds, after he and his companions Scott and Edward Adrian Wilson set a new southern record by marching to latitude 82°S.
The book chronicles Bound's quest to find the wreck of the Endurance, Sir Ernest Shackleton's ship, which succumbed to the ice of Antarctica in 1915. [1] Each chapter of the book features a day-by-day recount, similar to a diary. Weaving together his voyages with Shackleton's, Bound's book also includes stories of Shackleton and his crew.
Leonard Hussey, a member of the expedition, was with Shackleton during the north Russian campaign, and did the final editing without payment. [3] The rights of the book were assigned to the heirs of Sir Robert Lucas-Tooth, a benefactor of the expedition, who died in 1915. Shackleton was unable to repay money borrowed for the expedition.
A third man, currently teaching children in a private school outside of the UK, refused to speak any further after PIE was mentioned to him. No-one else has so far responded to approaches by the BBC.
The documentary, narrated by David Wenham, explores the extraordinary 1914–1917 Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition led by Sir Ernest Shackleton. It focuses on the survival story of Shackleton and his crew after their ship, the Endurance, was trapped and ultimately destroyed by Antarctic pack ice. Combining dramatic reenactments, expert ...
The last image we have of Patrick Cagey is of his first moments as a free man. He has just walked out of a 30-day drug treatment center in Georgetown, Kentucky, dressed in gym clothes and carrying a Nike duffel bag. The moment reminds his father of Patrick’s graduation from college, and he takes a picture of his son with his cell phone.