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Events on Wednesday 30 August 1916 1
1916Shackleton's crew rescued from Elephant IslandImperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition survivors savedThe remaining crew of Ernest Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition were rescued from Elephant Island after their ship Endurance was crushed by pack ice. Shackleton had earlier crossed 800 miles of open ocean in a small boat to South Georgia to organize the rescue.