A revealing log book written by a member of the ill-fated Endurance expedition in the Antarctic has emerged after 108 years.
Aubrey Ninnis told his sweetheart of being trapped in pack ice and playing 'too funny for words' football with penguins during the 1914-1917 adventure.
The expedition, which was led by the legendary British explorer Ernest Shackleton, ended in disaster, as his ship the Endurance got stranded amidst the freezing conditions and had to be abandoned.
Ninnis was aboard supply ship Aurora, which also got stranded. It was carried into the open waters of the Ross Sea and Southern Ocean.
It was not until March 1916, almost a year later, that the ship was released from the ice and made the return passage for New Zealand.
