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Ernest Shackleton’s Antarctic Expeditions, Pt. 2

Stuff You Missed in History Class

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The Adventures of a Whaleman

Shackleton, worsley and creen crossed the island without a tent or sleeping bags. They ate some fledgling albatrosses - something that might seem weird if you have read the rhyme of the ancient mariner. After about 36 hours they made it to the whaling station just ahead of a gale which probably would have killed them if they had taken any longer.

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