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And was remarkably successful at it — the entire crew of the Endurance came back alive.


Yup. As opposed to the voyage of the karluk where the leader simply abandoned his crew to die and the captain of the ship heroically saved half of them. It's a tragic story. I read it a little after I read Endurance and was struck by the contrast.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_voyage_of_the_Karluk




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