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Endurance

Published on Nov 29, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

ENDURANCE: SHACKLETON'S INCREDIBLE VOYAGE: ALFRED LANSING

MADE BY LUCAS MOYON, NUMBER 18
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SHACKLETON AND 26 OTHER MEN SET OFF IN 1914 FROM ENGLAND TO ANTARCTICA.

IN JANUARY 1915 THE SHIP GETS CAUGHT IN ICE FOR 10 MONTHS.

IN NOVEMBER OF 1915 THE SHIP

GOT CRUSHED SO THE 27 MEN SET OFF BY ROWBOAT.

SHACKLETON WAS...

  • The leader of the voyage
  • Determined
  • Brave
  • Outgoing

FRANK WILD WAS...

  • Second-in-command
  • Reserved
  • Caring
  • Skilled in navigation
  • Never-give-up mentality

SETTING

ANTARCTICA IS A BARREN, WHITE, WASTELAND.
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THE MOOD IS SUSPENSE

"WE DRIFTED NOT KNOWING WHERE WITH NO FOOD AND AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE" (LANSING 69).

SUSPENSE

"WE HAD AN ABSOLUTELY ZERO CHANCE OF BEING RESCUED" (LANSING 83-84).

THEME

NEVER, EVER GIVE UP!!!!