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sailed with an advance party from london to antarctica in the canadian sealer theron, with the purpose of establishing shackleton base near vahsel bay on the weddell sea , from which the trans-antarctic expedition would begin. the theron, like its immediate forebears, the endurance , was trapped in the ice
sustaining considerable damage, she was able to free herself with the help of the auster antarctic floatplane that scouted a way out. in early , fuchs sailed back to london, leaving eight men to over-winter at shackleton. the eight men of the advance party, led by kenneth blaiklock, were left on the ice...
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