In 1914 , Irish - born explorerErnest Shackletonset off from the UK on the historical Imperial Trans - Antarctic Expedition , hoping to be the first person to crossbreed Antarctica by land . But the excursion would become famous as a catastrophic bankruptcy — Shackleton ’s ship , theEndurance , became stuck in the ice and was ultimately crushed , strandinghim and his human on the ice for months . Miraculously , all of them survived , and seemingly , if a newepisodeofAntiques Roadshowis to be believed , one of them returned with a journal that has remain hidden for decades .
As you could see in the clip from the show below , a woman presentsAntiques Roadshowexpert Richard Price with pages from a diary that she says has been in her family for decades . The pages were reportedly written by a member of Shackleton’sEnduranceexpedition and ladder from the starting time of the trip-up through the harrowing month the bunch spend struggling to survive on the ice up until around when they were in the end rescued .
" We have no approximation who write it , " the possessor order , " but Dad was given it maybe about 40 years ago , and it ’s really been live in my mom ’s attic for the last 40 year . ” She later admits that it was stored under her female parent ’s idiot box for a significant amount of time .
The diary include a drawing of the ship stuck in the icing , an account of having to corrode the expedition ’s last - go frankfurter ( " their flesh — a treat " ) , and more . " It is a phenomenal phonograph recording , " Price enjoin . " But I do n’t recognize the handwriting . " He ca n’t authenticate it , but hint the fair sex visit the Scott Polar Research Institute in Cambridge , UK for help identifying the author . If it ’s unfeignedly a journal from theEndurance , he estimates that it could be worth around £ 30,000 ( almost $ 40,000 ) .
Please , common people , if you have any historical diaries lying around in your house , do n’t store them under your hot television .
