Origin of the Star: The ship was originally built and named Polaris in Sandefjord, Norway, in 1912. When Sir Ernest Shackleton bought the vessel in 1914 for the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, he renamed it Endurance after his family motto, “Fortitudine Vincimus” (“By endurance we conquer”), yet he chose to keep the iconic 5-pointed Polaris star painted on the stern
“Endurance” enamel cup 8 cm
Origin of the Star: The ship was originally built and named Polaris in Sandefjord, Norway, in 1912. When Sir Ernest Shackleton bought the vessel in 1914 for the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, he renamed it Endurance after his family motto, “Fortitudine Vincimus” (“By endurance we conquer”), yet he chose to keep the iconic 5-pointed Polaris star painted on the stern
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