Charlie Milward's house

Circuito Turistico Antartico Milward was a relative of Bruce Chatwin. Apparently Shackleton stayed here while organising the Elephant Island rescue and, suffering a nervous breakdown, fired several shots into the walls of the main drawing room.

Give me Shackleton every time

May 8th 2008
"Superhuman effort isn't worth a damn unless it achieves results." Thus said Sir Ernest Shackleton, leader of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic expedition of 1914 (better known as the Endurance expedition) and star of one of history's most stirring tales of triumph over extreme hardship. There have been umpteen books written about the Endurance expedition but it's a story that never pales in ... read more

South America » Chile » Magallanes » Punta Arenas

Prior to the coming of the Spanish in the 16th century, northern Chile was under Inca rule while Araucanian Indians inhabited central and southern Chile; the latter were not completely subjugated until the early 1880s. Although Chile declared its ind... ... read more

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