This is where the Endurance crew landed after their harrowing escape from the frozen Weddell Sea, and the starting point for Shackleton's insanely brave voyage to South Georgia.
We weren't going to try to land there, but the captain had hoped to bring the ship close enough to allow us to see Point Wild (named for Frank Wild), where there is a memorial to the Endurance crew that lived there for four and a half months before Shackleton's return, and Luis Pardo, the Chilean captain who succeeded in rescuing them after two previous attempts had failed.
Unfortunately, that side of the island was completely fogged in; you couldn't see land at all from the ship. But when we sailed around to the other side of the island, it was clear and sunny.
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