This story is one of the most bat shit insane things to ever happen. The fact that they didn't all die is absolutely amazing.
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On this day in history
#OTD (Apr 24) in the year 1916: Ernest Shackleton and five men of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition launch a lifeboat from uninhabited Elephant Island in the Southern Ocean to organise a rescue for the crew of the sunken Endurance. #OTDIH #history 🗃️
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