What Is Ernest Shackleton's Journey

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Ernest Shackleton’s journey with the men was very challenging because they had to suffer through the journey and they had to make big decisions to stay alive. “The men suffered hunger, thirst, days and nights of no sleep, and endless hours of painful rowing.” They had to suffer through the boat ride to get home safely. They also had to stay in the freezing cold; zero degrees. They suffered from hunger, thirst, and no sleep. ¨The Endurance was doomed and Shackleton knew what he had to do.¨ They had to abandon the ship because the ship was sinking, now they are trapped in Antarctica. They has to leave all of the sixty-nine sled dogs behind because they couldn´t bring the dogs with them. All of the men were very depressed to leave the poor dogs

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