Editing Ernest Shackleton (section)

=== Rescue ===
[[File:AllSafeAllWell.jpg|thumb|upright=1.25|"All Safe, All Well", allegedly depicting Shackleton's return to Elephant Island in August 1916. To create this image, a photograph of the departure of the ''James Caird'' in April 1916 was [[Photograph manipulation|doctored]] by photographer [[Frank Hurley]].{{sfn|Alexander|1998|pp=202–203}}|alt=A black-and-white photograph of a group of men waving to something in the distance]]
Shackleton immediately sent a boat to pick up the three men from the other side of South Georgia Island, while he set to work organising the rescue of those left behind on Elephant Island. His first three attempts were foiled by sea ice, which blocked the approaches to the island. He appealed to the Chilean government and was offered the use of the {{ship||Yelcho|1906|2}}, a small seagoing tug from the Chilean Navy. ''Yelcho'', commanded by Captain [[Luis Pardo]], and the British whaler ''Southern Sky'', reached Elephant Island on 30&nbsp;August 1916, at which point the men had been isolated there for four and a half months. Shackleton quickly evacuated all 22&nbsp;men.{{sfn|Alexander|1998|pp=166–169, 182–185}} The party was taken on ''Yelcho'' first to [[Punta Arenas]] and after some days to [[Valparaíso]] in Chile, where crowds warmly welcomed them back to civilisation.{{sfn|Mill|1923|pp=237,239}}

At the same time that the ''Endurance'' was suffering these perils, the ''Aurora'' (the expedition supporting component) also suffered misfortune. The remaining men of the [[Ross Sea party]] had been stranded at [[Cape Evans]] in McMurdo Sound when the ''Aurora'' was blown from its anchorage and driven out to sea, unable to return. After a drift of many months, the ship returned to New Zealand. Shackleton travelled there to join ''Aurora'', and sailed with her to rescue the Ross Sea party. Said party had successfully completed its depot-laying mission, despite many hardships, during which three lives had been lost, including party commander Aeneas Mackintosh.{{sfn|Huntford|1985|pp=634–641}}