sails billowing in the wind
but its name was to prove ironic
as it limped along in Antartica
on the mighty Weddell sea.
It groaned like a dying sailor
captured on grainy film in 1915,
the funnel collapsing then the whole vessel
sadly descended to a watery tomb
yet all the weary crew survived.
Now it's been discovered frozen in time,
plates and steering wheel quite pristine.
Tears must have fallen down Shackleton's face
as it sunk in the ice...without a trace.