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Why does ernest shackleton direct his men to walk across ice to paulet island?
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What are facts about Ernest Shackleton?
Captain Sailer Spent most of his life on a boat out on the sea ~ Sir Ernest Shackleton went on a boat named the Endurance and sailed to Antarctica with 27 men with one stowaway named Perce (sounds like Pierce)Blackburrow ( not sure about last name spelling:/) Shackleton and his men got stuck in the ice and had to abandon ship. a while later Shackleton finally yelled that the ship was sinking and the men were only allowed 2 lbs of personal items to take they had to pull 3 life boats name the James Caird (biggest) and 2 others that i forget the names to. Shackleton and all men sailed to Elephant Island~an uninhabited island out of the way of other islands then shackleton decided to take his five best men and try to sail to the whaling station on South Georgia Island about 500 miles away on the James Caird. but landed on the wrong side and traveled on land to the other side and made it in less than 3 days Shackleton tried to rescue the men 3 times until finally on a tub boat he rescued and 21 men ( +5 and Shackleton). This is from a book I read all facts should be right :)
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Did Lieutenant Ernest Shackleton die in Antarctica?
Sir Earnest Shackleton died on South Georgia Island in 1922. South Georgia Island is not considered to be Antarctica.
Where is the explorer Ernest Shackleton buried?
Ernest Shackleton was laid to rest in the Grytviken cemetery on South Georgia Island in the South Atlantic Ocean. His grave is a popular destination for visitors to the island who wish to pay their respects to the famous explorer.
What year did Ernest Shackleton and his crew get back from the Antarctic?
Sir Ernest Shackleton died in the Antarctic in January 1922 and is buried on South Georgia Island in the South Sandwich Islands. His crew and the Quest returned to England in July 1922.
Where is Sir Ernest Shackleton buried?
He died on 5 January 1922, of a heart attack. His widow, Emily Shackleton, requested that he be buried in South Georgia. As a result, on 5 March 1922 Shackleton was buried in theGrytviken cemetery, South Georgia Island, one of the South Sandwich islands.
Was sir Ernest Shackleton a brave man?
Ernest Shackleton is my hero because he showed me if you give it all you have, you can do anything.Ernest Shackleton is my hero because he is an inspiration to me, and he taught me to never give up. On his first trip to reach the South Pole, he could not make it. He was not the captain. They were not very far when they had to turn back because of the ice. Then after a year of hard work and looking for a ship he and his crew of 28 set off for Shackleton’s second trip to the South Pole. The whalers at South Georgia Island said, “It’s a bad year for ice.”Ernest Shackleton promised his crew he would do his best to save them and he did. Ernest Shackleton was a man of integrity because he never made a promise he could not keep. One example is when he wanted to tell his crew that they would all live, but he did not because it would be a false promise.
Who sailed the Endurance to Antarctica and made history?
Sir Ernest Shackleton, first to walk from McMurdo Sound to the Antarctic Peninsula and sail to Elephant Island on a small rowboat.
Who was ernest shakleton?
Ernest Henry Shackleton CVO OBE was a famous explorer. He was part of many expeditions Arctic, Antarctic plus lots more. He died of a heart attack while on board a ship and was buried on the island of South Georgia.
Did anyone search for Shackleton crew?
Yes, after Sir Ernest Shackleton's ship, the Endurance, was lost in Antarctica in 1915, he organized several rescue missions to find his stranded crew. The most notable of these was the Endurance Relief Expedition in 1916, led by Shackleton himself, which successfully rescued the remaining crew members from Elephant Island.
Did Shackleton make to to the opposite side of Antarctica and home?
No. Shackleton's treks began from two sides of Antarctica, and neither trip resulted in a complete trek across the continent. Shackleton did, however, return home from all of his polar expeditions, except the last expedition. He died and is buried on South Georgia island.
When did Shackleton reach elephant island?
He reached it on may 5th 1916
Who was Ernest Shackleton?
Sir Ernest Shackleton (1874-1922) was a British explorer of the South Pole who is best remembered for leading his crew to safety after the failed expedition of the Endurance (1914-16). Shackleton had been a junior officer on Robert Falcon Scott's Discovery expedition (1902-03), and his expedition with the Nimrod (1907-09) had taken him closer to the South Pole than anyone before. After Roald Amundsen reached the Pole in 1911, Shackleton and a crew of 28 men set out in his ship Endurance in 1914, in the hopes of being the first to cross the polar continent. The ship was frozen in ice, then crushed, and Shackleton and his men set out in lifeboats after nearly a year and a half on the ice. Shackleton, known as "The Boss," took five men and sailed 800 miles in an open boat from Elephant Island to the island of South Georgia, then went back and saved the rest of his crew, all of whom survived. Almost two years after starting out, they reached safety in South America in September of 1916. In spite of his heroics, Shackleton had a hard time back in England with finances and alcohol. He eventually managed to get financing for another voyage to Antarctica in 1921, but he had a fatal heart attack at South Georgia Island and never made it.
Which man sailed 800miles to save his crew at the south pole?
That man was Ernest Shackleton, who along with Frank Worsley, Tom Crean, John Vincent, Timothy McCarthy and Harry McNish sailed the 22.5 foot (6.9 metre) lifeboat, the James Caird, 800 miles, (1500kms) across the Southern Ocean from Elephant Island to South Georgia in the Antarctic winter in 1916.
