VOC
What does a hostile environment mean?
An unsafe, dangerous environment.
What is the authors name?
Jennifer Armstrong
When the mean were sleeping who did Shackleton see fall through the ice?
Ernest Holnes
In spite of his anxiety, he tried to keep up the appearance of calm in order to maintain morale. Although tortured by worry, he remained outwardly unperturbed.
What does the word morale mean?
Feeling good and optimistic. Keeping up the spirits of the men.
What does Heroism mean?
Great bravery
Who is Ernest Shackleton?
The leader on the ship/polar explorer
"It was a magnificent and beautiful a sight as I have ever seen. But it was a sight we did not like, for the floes were thudding against our floeberg with increasing violence."
What was Worsley describing at this moment?
The huge waves of the ocean pushing floes into each other
What do people describe Antarctica as?
A frozen desert
Shackleton describes in his journal the horrific event when the ice flow cracks and one of his men slips through into the ocean. Before this event occurs, Shackleton writes, “An intangible feeling of uneasiness made me leave my tent about 11 P.M.” (79).
What does the word intangible mean?
Something that is invisible or not concrete; it is not material but can still be sensed.
What was the name of Ernest Shackleton's ship?
Endurance
Where was the destination that Shackleton and the men were trying to reach?
Elephant Island
What was endurance's first stop after leaving Britian?
Argentina
What are growlers?
Large chunks of ice
While traveling to Elephant Island and being on the small boats for days, did the men think they would die and never make it home?
True
How was Midwinters day celebrated?
With a party
What is cabin fever?
caused by staying inside too long, tiredness, depression
Now that the Shackleton and the men reached dry land what did Shackleton and Worsley realize that they had to do?
One of them had to travel 800 miles to get rescue at Georgia Island.
Why was blubber an important part of the crew's diet?
It get them from starving (valuable calories) and freezing