ERNE Point Wild, Elephant Island, Antarctica. v2.0
New fictitious Helipad/Airfield Scenery for ERNE Point Wild, Elephant Island, Drake Passage, Southern Atlantic Ocean, Antarctica.
It is part of the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Sovereignty – “owned by no one” – It comes under the Antarctic treaty.
“ERNE Point Wild Elephant Island” msfs map identification.
This is very basic scenery, with a fictitious airstrip “ERNE Point Wild”, near point wild, on Elephant Island.
Various PIO have been added – Point Wild, Cape Valentine, Cornwallis Island, Clarence Island, Seal Islands. Update v2.0 All the South Shetland Islands now marked with POI. King George, Penguin, Nelson, Robert, Greewich, Livingston & Snow Islands.
“Elephant island” is thought to have got its name from the Shackleton crew describing it as “Hell of an Island”.
History Info – The voyage of the James Caird was a journey of 1,300 kilometres (800 mi) from Elephant Island in the South Shetland Islands through the Southern Ocean to South Georgia, undertaken by Sir Ernest Shackleton and five companions to obtain rescue for the main body of the stranded Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914–1917. Polar historians regard the voyage of the crew in a 22.5-foot (6.9 m) lifeboat through the “Furious Fifties” as one of the greatest small-boat journeys ever completed. In October 1915, pack ice in the Weddell Sea had sunk the main expedition ship Endurance, leaving Shackleton and his 27 companions adrift on a floe. They drifted northward until April 1916, when the floe on which they were camped broke up, then made their way in the ship’s lifeboats to Elephant Island. Where they landed at Cap Valentine for two days then moved & established a base at “Point Wild”. Shackleton decided to sail one of the lifeboats to South Georgia, not the closest human settlement but the only one not requiring sailing into the prevailing westerlies. Of the three lifeboats, the James Caird was deemed the strongest and most likely to survive the journey. Shackleton had named it after Sir James Key Caird, a Dundee philanthropist whose sponsorship had helped finance the expedition. Before its voyage, the ship’s carpenter, Harry McNish, strengthened and adapted the boat to withstand the seas of the Southern Ocean, sealing his makeshift wood and canvas deck with lamp wick, oil paint and seal blood. After surviving a series of dangers, including a near capsizing, the boat reached the southern coast of South Georgia after a 17-day voyage. Shackleton, Tom Crean and Frank Worsley crossed the island’s mountains to Stromness whaling station on the north side. Here they organised the relief of three men left on the south side of the island and of the Elephant Island party. Ultimately, the Endurance crew returned home without loss of life. After the First World War, in 1919, the James Caird was moved from South Georgia to England. It has been on regular display at Shackleton’s old school, Dulwich College, since 1922
Based on misc information & images. All original msfs models etc used.
Installation – After unzipping, place the complete “sac-airport-erne-point-wild-elephant-island” folder into your MSFS community folder.
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GPS Coordinates: -61.101031, -54.858707
