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South Aris
In 1996, Nichiai agreed to sponsor the "South Aris Expedition" which attempted to retrace one of the greatest journeys ever undertaken - the 1915 lifeboat voyage by Ernest Shackleton, Tom Crean and a few other explorers in a tiny lifeboat across 800 inhospitable miles of the Southern Ocean from Elephant Island to South Georgia and then, on foot, over the island's barren mountains and glaciers to a whaling station to get help for the crew of their ship the "Endurance" which was crushed in the ice. | 
| | | The "Tom Crean", the expedition's replica of the original lifeboat - which was named after the original boat's navigator - in the Southern Ocean. | | | | | | 
| | | Preparing to cross the glaciers. | | | | | | 
| | | The mission's support & rescue vessel, the Pelagic with a Nichiai banner on display to all our Antarctic based clients. |
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