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TRAPPED BY THE ICE
QUESTIONS

Answer the following questions on a sheet of paper:

  1. What was “The Endurance”?
  2. What crushed the ship?
  3. How long had they been traveling so far?
  4. Where were they heading?
  5. Where did they set camp?
  6. How long did they camp until the whole ship sank?
  7. How were they moving 2000 pounds of supplies initially?
  8. What was the second method they used for moving the supplies once they were tired?
  9. What were they eating during those months?
  10. What incident happened one time while looking for food?
  11. What was the men’s condition now?
  12. What happened one night before reaching open water?
  13. Once in open water, where were they going?
  14. Once they saw Elephant Island, how did it look?
  15. Where were the 5 men heading for help while 22 stayed in Elephant Island?
  16. What did the men that stay use for shelter?
  17. Why did it start to smell terrible in the shelter?
  18. What did Shack and his men drink to prevent seasickness?
  19. What are graybeards?
  20. How long did it take to go from Elephant Island to South Georgia Island?
  21. What happened when they were landing at South Georgia Island?
  22. What did Shakelton and his men find at the Shore of South Georgia Island?
  23. What were those who climb South Georgia Island able to carry wit them?
  24. Where did they carry the food?
  25. How did they go down the mountain?
  26. What did they hear after hiking for 30 hours?
  27. What did they have to do to get to the whaling station?
  28. Describe the plan to rescue the men left behind: