James Caird 100
One of the greatest feats of seafaring
The James Caird 100 project was devised by Athy Shackleton Museum , to commemorate one of the greatest ever feats of seafaring. In April/May 1916, Ernest Shackleton and five crew sailed the 22 foot (6.9m) wooden lifeboat James Caird 800 nautical miles (1500km) across the roughest ocean on the planet to reach a remote Norwegian outpost on the Antarctic island of South Georgia. This essential link with the outside world enabled the ultimate rescue of Shackleton’s beleagured crew from the frozen wastes o