On August 6, 1914, Sir Ernest Shackleton and the crew of the “Endurance” set out on a historic voyage to make the first land crossing of Antarctica. But a diary entry of October 27, 1915 reads: “She was doomed, no ship built by human hands could have withstood the strain. They took only what was needed for survival. Shackleton tore out two pages from a Bible presented to him by Queen Alexandria. Her inscription from Psalm 107:24 read: “May the Lord guide you through all dangers by land and sea.