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Ernest Shackleton’s Antarctic Expeditions, Pt. 1

Stuff You Missed in History Class

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The Adventures of Captain Shackleton in the Antarctic Pack

iReporter Frank Hurley documents the life of Shackleton's Antarctic expedition. The crew tried to keep everyone's morale up with things like hockey and socker games. They reallicated the ship's rations to account for all twentyeit men over wintering there. As the ship started listing hard to one side, Shackleton gave the order to abandon ship on october 20 seventh. But he in his journal wrote: "We have been compelled to abandon the ship which is crushed beyond hope"

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