Shackleton's Crew 👤
This was the name of the crew's photographer.
Who is Frank Hurley?
This is the name of a large, floating sheet of ice (what Shackleton's crew camped on for months in Antarctica).
What is a "floe"?
This word means "rebellion against authority" and is the title of a chapter in Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World.
What is "mutiny"?
The picture on page 14 is of THIS dead animal.
What is a blue whale?
In 1914, when Shackleton and his crew were about to head to Antarctica, this war had just broken out across Europe. (Hint: see page 10)
What is World War 1?
This was the name of the crew member who first started the mutiny against Sir Ernest Shackleton. (Page 63)
Who is Harry McNeish?
The crew used this part of the whale for fuel.
What is the whale blubber?
This word means "stubborn" and was used to describe the ice pack when Shackleton and his crew were stuck on the ship.
What is "obstinate"?
The picture on page 53 shows that the men were...
What is "working together"? (Multiple answers accepted)
Shackleton and his men had traveled _______ miles from London to reach the ice pack surrounding Antarctica. (Hint: see page 22)
What is 12,000 miles? (13,000 and 13,100 miles also accepted)
Name three different ways the men kept themselves entertained when they were stuck on the ice pack. (See the chapter titled "Winter on the Pack")
What is building dog igloos, playing cards, listening to the gramophone, performing in variety shows, nightly dinners, etc (various answers accepted)?
These are the three animals native to Antarctica that most contributed to the men's diet during their time stranded on ice.
This word was used to describe the attempt to save the Endurance when it was being "crushed like a nut" by the ice pack on page 46. (It means "useless, meaningless".)
What is "futile"?
On page 84, Worsley announced that the men had traveled _______ many miles "astern" or "backwards" in the boat ride to South Georgia Island.
What is thirty miles?
What is "close to 12,000 square miles"?
What is because they were sick of pulling the boats and weren't getting paid anymore?
These are the names of the two islands that Shackleton and his men camped on in Antarctica. (See chapters "The End of the Open Boat Journey")
What are Elephant Island and South Georgia Island?
This word was used in the chapter "Mutiny" to describe why the men "seemed ready to break down".
What is "demoralized"?
On page 81, according to second-in-command Worsley, these are the two feelings that Shackleton always fostered in the men.
What are "hope and optimism"?
These are known as "coordinates" and are used by an explorer to determine where exactly there are in the world.
What are latitude and longitude?
These three men climbed the mountains of South Georgia Island on a rescue mission for the rest of the crew in the chapter "The Alps of the Southern Ocean".
Who are Shackleton, Worsley, and Crean?
Shackleton and four other men sailed _______ many miles from Elephant Island to South Georgia Island across freezing waves.
What is 800 miles?
This word is used to describe the feeling Shackleton had right before the ice below them cracked open and a men fell into the water in page 79. The word means "unable to grasp, feel, or fully understand".
What is "intangible"?
According to pages 125-126, Shackleton died because of a ________ and was buried right there on ___________ Island.
Two of these are needed for an explorer to determine their longitude. (Hint: see page 72)
What are "clocks"?