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    Person vs nature Sir shackleton was a great leader of his expedition. He did a lot of good things on his expedition with his crew. Getting them through all the conflict and problems that they did endure while on that expedition. He held his men together under terrible conditions. What him and his crew did was one of the most incredible feats of survival ever recorded. Some of the person vs nature conflict that went through on this journey is the ship was moving very very slow once they got to the

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    Although they had successfully made it to Elephant island the crew was mentally and physically destroyed. 3 men, Shackleton, Worsley, and Crean had

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    In Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World, Jennifer Armstrong demonstrates difficulties that Shackleton and 2 of his men have to face. To begin, Shackleton and 2 of his men went on a 2 week journey from Elephant Island to South Georgia island. Facing many difficulties of the ocean, they finally reached the South Georgia Island. However, they felt like they werent the only 3 people on the island. But they also werent the only people who have felt this fourth presence. Instead of hiking onward through

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    mentally. In this essay I will show that being positive helps our mental strength, physical strength. The situation that Shackleton and his crew were facing, gave them a good reason to be depressed and negative. The polar night lead to darkness for weeks, and the lack of sunlight is quiet mentally unhealthy, probably why sunlight is part of the acronym in NEWSTART. Shackleton and his crew kept a positive attitude through the polar night.

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    My Antarctican MVP

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    My Antarctic MVP In groups or teams there always seems to be a leader or MVP. A MVP is someone who helps the team out a lot. They do that by putting their teammates before them self, being a leader in the team, and making others feel better. They are known for being very valuable to the team. They help the team out a lot. Everyone has their own special MVP. Throughout time you will recognize how valuable they are to you or your team. Like the character Andrew from the book Surviving Antarctica

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    Topic 3 Was Shackleton’s expedition a success or a failure? Why? Was Shackleton himself a success or failure for the expedition? Back up your answers using examples from the novel. Body Paragraph #1 – Expedition the expedition was a success because altho the team did not get to map out antarctica they got to see it with there own eyes and without that information we wouldn't know as much about the antarctic as we do today. from the novel BUt on the other hand the expedition was a failure because

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    Struggling and Surviving The unlikelihood of John Howland’s struggle and survival would be comparable to winning the lottery today. With the sighting of Cape Cod on November 9, 1620 the struggle of the journey seemed to be drawing nearer to an end. John Howland, along with the other indentured servants, was appointed to the construction of the Carvers home. Upon the arrival of the Mayflower came the birth of The Mayflower Compact and the inauguration of the Plymouth Colony. The Mayflower Compact

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    A woman arrives at a crossroads. Will a predetermined fate cause her to take a certain path, or does she have free will to choose a different path? Based on the nonfiction works The Sports Gene, written by David Epstein, and “Losing Control,” a person’s fate is the result of choices that that person or people in the close vicinity of that person have made. In “Losing Control,” prior research or preparation affects one’s fate. David Epstein said in The Sports GeneI that people have the ability to

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    The Finest Hours

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    On February 18, 1952, Bernard Webber received the call to lead a Coast Guard rescue just off the coast of Cape Cod. A massive T2 oil tanker called the Pendleton fractured into two pieces under the giant waves. It lay broken just beyond the sandbar, with 33 crew members still aboard. Under perilous conditions, the Coast Guard rescue crew risked their lives to save those 33 sailors. It was all or nothing. Disney recently produced a movie entitled the Finest Hours, which depicts the harrowing story

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    In December of 2002, Lynne Cox completed an unthinkable challenge. The challenge itself was only 1.06 miles and lasted twenty-five minutes, which doesn’t seem like a long time but for her it lasted a decade. Cox wrote an autobiography about her journey titled Swimming to Antarctica. Within Cox’s book she relives the phenomenon at which she faced the frigid unknown. That one day Cox would put everything she had into a dream only she could possibly achieve due to her physical and mental stability

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