Shackleton ordered the crew to abandon the sinking ship and make camp on a nearby ice floe. |
It is jumping from ice floe to ice floe, announcing programs here, handing out cheques there and holding photo ops. |
Eventually, the researchers decided to settle for the best ice floe they could find. |
A rogue ice floe, about 15 km wide and 10 km long with multi-year ice, proved the point about the thicker stuff. |
When it is turned on, it glows softly, like an ice floe illuminated from within. |
Since then the ice floe holding both cameras has drifted about 375 miles south. |