Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration

Lansing's detailed account of the 1915 Trans-Antarctic Expedition illuminates the stark reality that Sir Ernest Shackleton's expedition did not fulfill its goal. In fact, the expedition never even set foot upon the continent that they had intended to cross. The outstanding success of that motley crew of adventurers was in their ability to endure the harsh Antarctic climate. Despite having their ship crushed by an ice cap, spending the dark Antarctic winter hopelessly alone, suffering through a stormy

you've got to keep going” this shows that his crew members were the main thing motivating him, they are what kept him going. Another thing that helped keep him motivated was setting goals. His goal at first was to make the first land crossing of the antarctic continent. When that failed Shackleton didn't give up. He made another goal and that was to reach the land with all the members of the expedition. Being motivated helped them do great things. After they spent 2 hours of backbreaking labor, hauling

Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World is a fictional book, written by Jennifer Armstrong. It tells the true and extraordinary tale of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, led by Sir Ernest Shackleton 1914-17. All of the men worked extremely hard to get back home alive, but three men stood out the most. Those three men are: Sir Ernest Shackleton, Frank Worsley, and Tom Crean. These men were definitely the most essential to the entire expedition, and took part in almost every single task executed

to come into a 100-mile radius of Antarctica. He was as famous as famous could be, and was a hero to thousands who read his book “Furthest South” expedition. He was also the leader of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, and before he set out on the Endurance he had already been to the Antarctic twice. There was a race to the South Pole and Shackleton just had to win it. But, Shackleton’s attempt abruptly came to a stop because he was thrown back by terrible weather conditions, weather conditions

Sir Ernest Shackleton “Sir Ernest Shackleton was an Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer, who made three expeditions to the continent, most famously in 1914 on the Endurance” (Sir Ernest Shackleton). The ‘founder’ of the Shackleton family was Abraham Shackleton. Abraham was a profound Quaker born in Kildare County, Ireland. The Shackleton family originated in the English country of the Yorkshire and consisted of pure Anglo-Irish blood. On February 15, 1874 Ernest Henry Shackleton was born in Kilkea House

Unit 1 Argumentative Essay Imagine that you were all alone in Antarctica. Your best friend, and at the time your only friend, just died. You are 100 miles away from a boat taking you rescue coming to port in four days. This is the story of Douglas Mawson, who faced adversity similar to Phineas Gage and Henrietta Lacks to contribute to science. Phineas Gage had an inch hole in his brain due to an accident with dynamite and a tamping iron on the railroad; he luckily survived but suffered infections

Amundsen and his men learned many things with their expedition to the South Pole. Amundsen was a Norwegian explorer; he was going to the North Pole, however, Robert Peary beat him there. Amundsen decided to change his plans and go to the South Pole. Amundsen discovered the North-West Passage. Amundsen wrote in his diary saying,"'As for the tent, with regard to shape and size it is comfortable but it is too susceptible to the wind'"(Alexander). This quote shows that Amundsen learned that when going

The first solution was that the industry should limit exploration in the Polar region to very little, and even limit time spent in the area. A constraint seen in this solution is that the industry sought to learn more about what the region provided. There was land and resources that were yet to be claimed, and each exploration company sought to claim them as their own. According to Amy Harris of Demand Media, the Polar region has natural

........................12 4. Later Years...……………………………………………………………...14 5. References ………………………………………………………………15 Abstract: Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton is considered to be one of the greatest Antarctic explorers of all time, not because that he was successful in all his expeditions. In fact all of the expeditions he undertook were failures. So why is he given this legendary status? His simple ability to lead the men in his crew to safety, to handle

news that Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen and his team had become the first expedition to reach the South Pole (Koehn, 2013, 2010, p. 5). The race was over, and a winner declared. Shackleton missed out on his opportunity to be the first, the exploration had been done. A goal that is big, hairy and audacious, could not be accurately describe a goal that possesses no risk of failure. It is how Shackleton approaches this failure that caused me to understand what it means to be a visionary. A finish