Ernest Shackleton
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Shackleton and the Trans-Atlantic Expedition
Five thousand men apply to be part of Shackleton's Antarctic expedition. They will walk across the pole, 69 dogs and two motor sledges. A stowaway endangers every man on the expedition cutting into their rations. The endurance sets sail on the eighth of ugust 19 14,. captain by frank worsley, a new zealander. After three days south of port, he is discovered hiding in a locker. Now blackberrow knuckles down, determined to prove himself as the new ship's steward. He doesn't yet have the slightest inkling of what the expedition has in store for him.
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