Affectionate term for Shackleton, the man in charge
What is The Boss?
The name of the expedition's ship
What is the Endurance?
Antarctica can be best described as this type of terrain
What is a frozen desert?
The crew used this part of the whale for fuel
What is whale blubber?
The continent of Antartica is located on this pole
What is the South Pole?
Ernest Shackleton selected how many men as his crew from over 5,000 volunteers
What is 26?
This camp is where the men had to go to get the third life boat and more supplies
What is Ocean Camp?
Men eat only meat and have stomach problems. They are tired and cold. They are nervous about the what lurks under the ice
What are leopard seals and killer whales?
Leonard Hussey serenaded and entertained with this musical instrument
What is a banjo?
Blankets and most of the men's clothing was made from this material
What is wool?
Someone that secretly boarded the ship
Who is Blackborrow?
Name of the sea that borders the northern section of Antarctica
What is the Weddell Sea?
This is the name of a large, floating sheet of ice smaller than an ice field
What is a "floe"?
Used to measure the height of a star (or any celestial body) above the horizon
What is a sextant?
Men used what as fuel for fire
What is blubber?
Shackleton wakes with a bad feeling. He realizes the ice floe they are camping on is cracking. Scrambling to stay together, one man falls in underwater in what?
What is his sleeping bag?
The place on the ice beside the ship where all the"dogloos" were located
What is Dog Town?
A huge flock of these come across Patience Camp. The men kill as many to restock their food supplies
What are penguins?
A highly nutritious brick of food that consisted of lard, oartmeal, beef protein, vegetable protein, salt and sugar
What is Bovril sledging rations?
In the boats, the men became dehydrated for this reason
What is they were absorbing salt water through their skin?
This man was responsible for almost starting a mutiny
Who is McNeish?
A ship that is supposed to pick up Shackleton and his men after the expedition
What is the Aurora?
Large chunks of floating ice, smaller than icebergs (that make noise)
What are growlers?
Crew takes 2 of 3 of these items (knowing they will cross the open waters) and walks 346 miles to Paulet Island, thinking that supplies will be there
What are life boats?
The men constructed shelter on Elephant Island by building walls of rocks and made a roof from what?
What is the boats?