Sir Ernest Shackleton and the West Wind Drift

Antarctic Exploration History Sir Ernest Shackleton Fighting for Survival Course Evaluations

Reminders Exam Study Session, 12 – 4 pm, 5/4 Monday

Rankin West Rm 345 Final Exam: 9:00 – 11:30 AM, Tuesday 5/5

Antarctic Exploration History Roald Amundsen – Norwegian Robert Falcon Scott – British Sir Ernest Shackleton – British Amundsen won the race to the South Pole in

1911, beating Scott by a couple of weeks Scott froze to death in his tent only miles away

from a cache of food on the return trip The last great major feat left after the race to

the Pole was a crossing of the entire Antarctic continent, so Shackleton set out with this goal in 1914

“MEN WANTED FOR HAZARDOUS JOURNEY; SMALL WAGES, BITTER COLD—LONG MONTHS OF COMPLETE DARKNESS, SAFE RETURN DOUBTFUL; HONOR AND RECOGNITION IN CASE OF SUCCESS.”• Ad placed in local newspapers by Shackleton

Video Links

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/shackleton/1914/endurance.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qj0fAYiY09A

Sir Ernest Shackleton

The Endurance Caught in the Pack Ice

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