Antarctic krill

• In what context should the Endurance expedition be analyzed? As a scientific endeavor? An entrepreneurial venture? An exercise in imperial opportunity? By what criteria should the expedition be evaluated? Given your answer to the preceding question, was it a success or a failure? The Endurance expedition fits in all three contexts of imperial, scientific and entrepreneurial. Ernest Shackleton used his journalist contacts in order to promote the expedition. Shackleton was not able to…

The shackleton Expedition was led by Ernest Shackleton. His dream was to reach the south pole. He was a veteran explorer, he had tried to make it the south pole before with Robert Scott. On That expedition they had to turn back before they made it to the south pole. He got the funds to take his own expedition he wanted to choose his crew. He choose his crew by putting out an ad to get people to volunteer. His ad stated what the expedition conditions would be. He said how there would be many…

sails and water at her bow, the Endurance set out across the choppy waver toward an adventure that would make history. Men gathered on her deck with a sense of excitement and determination. They had one goal: to sail across the frigid seas of the Antarctic and make it back alive. Many had attempted this feat and nearly all had failed. Many set out, but few returned. Sir Earnest Shackleton was determined to be the first to accomplish this seemingly impossible task. Shackleton planned for many…

Sir Ernest Shackleton wanted to explore Antarctica by boat. In 1901, Sir Ernest Shackleton went on the Antarctic expedition. “In 1908, he returned to the Antarctic as the leader of his own expedition, on the ship 'Nimrod'.” (http://www.bbc.co.uk) "In 1914, Shackleton made his third trip to the Antarctic with the ship 'Endurance', planning to cross Antarctica via the South Pole." Ernest Shackleton has faces many challenges, such as leading the expedition to Antarctica on the ship ‘Endurance’,…

become a journalist. Before he died, he set sail for one last attempt at being the first person to ever cross the whole Antarctic. When Ernest Shackleton was younger, he had gone and “joined the merchant navy at the age of 16” (BBC). After his adventure with the leading Naval Officer and explorer, Robert Falcon Scott, he wanted to be the first man to step foot on the Antarctic. Shackleton had become sick while on his first expedition to the South Pole. He returned home, became…

The Endurance The story of Ernest Shackleton and his crew’s voyage to the arctic was one worthy of countless volumes. Yet the defining moment of their epic journey, was not their voyage to the arctic itself, nor their amazing plans, but it was their survival through the “polar night”; a time of complete darkness and isolation. So what caused this crew to not just survive, but to thrive in spite of their frightening situation? In this essay I will argue three points for what I believe may have…

tolerance, wits, and perseverance. Also, let’s not fail to regard his good values. Shackleton prioritized his crew above everything else, luckily, that paid off. All crew members survived the expedition at ‘The most hostile place on earth is the Antarctic.’ (Chapter 1, page 1) Shackleton also took care of many problems the crew had, either with each other or with him, also doing so without resorting to violence. Because, technically, back then, mutiny was punishable by execution (death).…

showed during the entire Endurance expedition. He was able to adapt to the conditions on the pack ice and on Elephant island in addition to South Georgia all the while ensuring the safety of his men. Courageously shackleton showed no fear of the Antarctic during the three years of the expedition and his courageousness really showed on South Georgia when they were faced…

the successful British Antarctica Expedition that began in 1907 and ended in 1909. On this journey, Shackleton and his crew came within 97 miles of the South Pole before having to turn around because of a shortage of supplies and food. The Trans-Antarctic exploration was Shackleton’s third journey to the frozen tundra. Long before his journeys…

2009). Shackleton is however not a good example of this theory. Many aspects of his journey state that by this definition Shackleton was not a “great man”. Some of those reasons are; he left the country as World War 1 was brewing, he attempted his Antarctic journey despite not being in good financial standing, all the while he did not have the public’s favorable opinion. The “great” factor was not present on all counts. He was unable to charismatically change public opinion, nor was he…