Shackleton: Antarctic Odyssey until his proposed "Plan of Imperial trans-Antarctic Expedition 1914-1916". The main storyline begins with then Lieutenant, Ernest Shackleton, on the Discovery Expedition of 1901 led by Robert Falcon Scott. Bertozzi then takes the reader through the time leading up to the main expedition, including Shackleton's funding efforts along with his wife Emily's trepidation over the journey. Moving forward Bertozzi gets to the stranding of the 28 member crew when their ship the Endurance becomes lodged in the ice. At this point Bertozzi begins to highlight the crew's attitude as they play soccer on the ice and hold theatrical performances as
The captain goes down with the ship Spain, Greece and Italy. South Korean law may also require the captain to rescue himself last. In Finland the Maritime Law ("Merilaki") states that the captain must do everything in his power to save everyone on board the ship in distress and that unless his life is in immediate danger, he shall not leave the vessel as long as there is reasonable hope that it can be saved. In the United States, abandoning the ship is not explicitly illegal, but the captain could be charged with other crimes, such as manslaughter, which encompass common law precedent passed down through centuries.