In 1914, Sir Ernest Shackleton's set out on an expedition to Antarctica. His goal being the first to explore and cross the entire continent on foot. With a crew of 28 men they departed off the shore of South Georgia on their ship Endurance. They ended up being stranded on the ice. How could they ever survive?
The three hundred ton ship Endurance took on supplies, sixty nine sled dogs, and three life boats for the expedition. Encountering heavy pack ice which they battled for weeks weaving and plowing through the ice with their steam powered ship. Their ship was trapped by ice on January 18, 1915. Trying to break up the ice in front of the ship was pointless it was just to thick. They spent the rest of the day removing ice from in behind of the Endurance trying to slowly back it out. But over night, while they stayed on board, they lost their progress when the ship was caught in the ice.
They were stuck approximately one hundred miles or one days worth of sailing from Antarctica's coast. The crew dealt with the harsh weather of temperatures of -30 degrees Fahrenheit to 30 degrees Fahrenheit. They decided to move on during their voyage in the Spring when the ice would part from around the Endurance. Wading out until Spring, they did daily chores varying from scrubbing floors, chopping ice from the ship, or hunting for food.
On October 27, 1915 the Endurance starts to buckle from the enormous amount of pressure. The ice started to break apart the Endurance like a twig. Now sinking into the Weddell Sea, the men did all they could do to salvage what they could from the ship. Now not having the ship as shelter from all of Antarctica's harsh weather. They bundle up in their wool sleeping bags which ended up freezing over night like a rock and having to sleep in five tents with linens so thin you could see the moon. Hunting seals, penguins , and shot the sled dogs for food. Doing everything they can to do to survive.
As the snow melted from beneath them, they sailed off in their three life boats drifting a hundred and fifty mile to Elephant Island. Now finally reaching the island they make a makeshift shelter out the two of the life boats sitting on stone walls. Killing seals for food and burning the blubber oil for light. Shackleton had now decided he would have to try to reach South Georgia. Only knowing that it was over eight hundred miles away. The crew started water proofing one of the life boats with the blubber of the seals and from the salvaged the mass from the Endurance they made a sail. James Wolsey, the captain of the Endurance was now going to be their navigator. Taking along four other men besides Shackleton and the Captain they set out to sea April 24, 1915.
Now fighting high winds and rough seas, Wolsey used a tool called a sextant to navigate their journey to South Georgia, he was only able to take four sightings which made it very hard to stay on course. As he crouched to the bottom of the boat he penciled out the math. May 10, 1915 they landed safely on the shore of Cape Rosa. The men set camp as Shackleton planed out their route over the mountains to reach the Stromness station. May 20, 1915 Shackleton and three other men crossed the mountains walking non stop for thirty six hours covering twenty two miles arriving at the station. As they walked towards the station they saw the stations manager. Being dressed in rags they were not being recognized by him. The manager called out "Who the hell are you?" "My name is Shackleton." The Whalers let them in with open arms.
After reuniting with the other men on the other side of the island they had to make plans to save the rest of the twenty two crew on Elephant Island. Shackleton make three rescue attempts but was not successful until August 30, 1915 when they were loaned a tug by the Chilean government. On Elephant Island the tug was spotted and they castaways ran out onto the beach. Shackleton with his binoculars counted the crew mates. “They are all there,” he said. All the men were saved and returned to home while World War I raged on.
During this time of crisis they all worked together to keep each other alive. Stood up to the elements that were thrown at them and succeeded at their goal to return home alive. Staying on a continent with no civilization was tough on them but they made the best out of the worst.
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I can try to help you, at least with the grammatical part, I don't know how helpful I can be on the actual content, because I don't know a lot about the actual subject, but here goes:
In 1914, Sir Ernest Shackleton's set out on an expedition to Antarctica, his goal being the first to explore and cross the entire continent on foot. With a crew of 28 men they departed off the shore of South Georgia on their ship, which was called "Endurance". They ended up being stranded on the ice and many people have wondered how they could ever survive.
The 300-ton ship Endurance took on supplies, 69 sled dogs, and three life boats for the expedition. Encountering heavy pack ice, which they battled for weeks, they weaved and plowed through the ice with their steam powered ship. On January 18, 1915, their ship was trapped by ice. Trying to break up the ice in front of the ship was pointless because it was too thick. They spent the rest of the day removing ice from behind of the ship trying to slowly back it out. But throughout the night, while they stayed on board, they lost their progress when the ship was caught in the ice.
They were stuck approximately 100 miles, which was equivalent to one days' worth of sailing from Antarctica's coast. The crew dealt with the harsh weather of temperatures between -30 and 30 degrees Fahrenheit. They decided to move on during their voyage in the Spring when the ice would part from around the Endurance. Wading out until Spring, they performed daily chores such as scrubbing floors, chopping ice from the ship, and hunting for food.
On October 27, 1915 the Endurance started to buckle from the enormous amount of pressure and the ice started to break apart the Endurance. Now sinking into the Weddell Sea, the men did all they could in order to salvage what they could from the ship. Not having the ship as shelter from all of Antarctica's harsh weather, they bundled up in their woolen sleeping bags which ended up freezing in the cold night temperatures, and having to sleep in five tents with linens so thin they were able to see the moon. They had to hunt seals and penguins, and also had to shoot the sled dogs for food, doing everything they could in order to survive.
As the snow melted from beneath them, they sailed off in their three life boats drifting 150 miles to Elephant Island. When they reached the island they made a makeshift shelter out the two of the life boats sitting on stone walls. They killed seals for food and burned the blubber oil for light. Shackleton had now decided that he would have to try to reach South Georgia, knowing that it was over 800 miles away. The crew started waterproofing one of the life boats with the blubber of the seals and from the salvaged mass from the Endurance, they made a sail. James Wolsey, the captain of the Endurance was now going to be their navigator. On April 24, 1915, they set out to see, taking along four other men besides Shackleton and the Captain.
Now fighting high winds and rough seas, Wolsey used a tool called a sextant to navigate their journey to South Georgia. He was only able to take four sightings which made it very hard to stay on course. As he crouched to the bottom of the boat, he did some mathematical calculations. On May 10, 1915, they landed safely on the shore of Cape Rosa. The men set camp as Shackleton planed out their route over the mountains to reach the Stromness station. On May 20, 1915, Shackleton and three other men crossed the mountains, walking non stop for 36 hours covering 22 miles arriving at the station. As they walked towards the station they saw the stations manager. Being dressed in rags they were not being recognized by him.
The manager called out "Who the hell are you?"
"My name is Shackleton.", said Shackleton
The Whalers welcomed them with open arms.
After reuniting with the other men on the other side of the island, they had to make plans to save the rest of the 22 member crew on Elephant Island. Shackleton make three rescue attempts but was not successful until August 30, 1915 when they were loaned a tug by the Chilean government. On Elephant Island the tug was spotted and they castaways ran out onto the beach. Shackleton with his binoculars counted the crew mates. “They are all there,” he said. All the men were saved and returned to home while World War I raged on.
During this time of crisis they all worked together to keep each other alive, stood up to the elements that were thrown at them and succeeded at their goal to return home alive.
Staying on a continent with no civilization was difficult for them but they made the best out of the worst.
NOTES: Overall, I thought your report was very interesting, but here are a few writing tips:
1) usually numbers are not written out unless they are very small numbers, but when you are using numbers to identify things such as addresses, amounts or large numbers, you should write the actual number
2) Make sure your sentences always contain verbs
3) when you are quoting someone, always begin the quote with a new paragraph, and identify the speaker
4) Try to avoid using analogies, such as 'break apart the Endurance like a twig'
I hope this helps
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Reply:WOW...... I can help you with the grammer, you need to un captipilize some stuff, and indent, I'm not gonna read it all right now, cuz its soo late, but thx for asking me, ask a question any time.. ^ _ ^
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