Endurance CaseEssay Preview: Endurance CaseReport this essay“Endurance”Its hard to imagine that not more than 100 years ago or more, that there were no airplanes or cars in the world, and the way people conducted their business was by ship. Great efforts were made to explore new lands and find passages or shortcuts making routes better because ship journeys took so long. The people who went out exploring these new “shortcuts” were heroes around the world. One of these great explorers was Ernest Shackleton. His adventure is told in the book Endurance by Alfred Lansing, and the New York Times calls this book “One of the great adventure stories of all time.”
This book concerns the voyage of a ship called “The Endurance” on its voyage to the Antarctic which is at the bottom of the world. Ernest Shackleton wanted to be the first person to walk across the Antarctic. While on this voyage, some remarkable things happened. During these long voyages, the men would go out fishing, trading and exploring, and the women would stay at home and cook and clean. The women would pass the time by singing songs, and when the men would come back and tell their stories, the women would incorporate them into song. These songs would be passed down through generations, and that is sometimes how stories are retold. The men had to be fearless during their journeys, and there was none more fearless than Ernest Shackleton.
They set out even though the whalers warned of the worst ice they had seen in years. The Endurance was very strong with a 4ft bow. The ship was used like a battering ram cleaving the ice. For 6 weeks Endurance either dodged ice or ran through it. As they headed deeper into the Weddell Sea, the ice compressed around the ship. The temperature then dropped sharply and froze the Endurance in a sea of ice. This was before the radio, so they couldnt call for help. Shackleton decided to wait until spring to sail the rest of the way. Once the ice started to move, it didnt free the ship; instead the ice started to crush it. Shackleton knew it was going to sink so he gave the orders to bring a lifeboat down and get it ready. Shackletons new goal was to save every life. From Elephant Island, Shackleton set out on a 22ft. lifeboat rigged by the carpenter with a few volunteers. The boat was named the James Caird. He hoped to reach South Georgia some 800 miles away.
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The American Expedition to South America began in 1833 and carried 2 crew members aboard. One was a British officer known to the French as Capt. J. B. Devereaux.
JBS was a private captain who had recently passed a few months earlier on a holiday to see her father, who had been lost in the sea. She could not believe that their captain still had so much to do. She quickly got them both together, and went into battle, beating down the enemies to keep up and keeping her people safe from both of them, although the French still fought as a team. The British got along fine. The British gave up pretty quickly as the Americans came along. They had tried to save the people of South America before, but they knew the English were there, and as fast as they could, they had to, so they began preparing for the coming storms. The weather was in a good place for the ship but bad, so the weatherman’s men arrived at a certain point. She tried to stop them, but the English gave their weapons to her and brought her out of the wreck. The captain tried to save the people, but they were still out. She put about six thousand men up to their death and sailed across to their islands.
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The Endurance was found in the middle of the Caribbean in a large wooden boat, and it ran out by the end of the month. The survivors landed on a boat anchored on land, and the Endurance decided to set out before Christmas. To see the people of South America, she was about 10ft long; her main body was 4ft long. Despite the lack of clothing and an old man with a sword, they managed to come in from their home and see how they were living.
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In 1854 the Endurance sailed over the Atlantic with a crew of 20. She headed south to the US, arriving at Port St. Stephen. Once at St St. Stephen, she made an acquaintance with some old people who had left her with an iron man she saw and talked to over dinner. Her acquaintance was very old, and she asked for an iron man and told him to go and visit with her, though no one knew who he was, so she set out. On her way back, she felt at home; at first sight, but soon felt she was not being watched.
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She returned to the US, where she found a crew of 20 people, who were brought along by the carpenter. The crew was sent to see whether a few months were needed. Soon they were ready. Their journey came to an end and Shackleton left that crew in an armchair, where she said that she hoped to see as much as possible. Shackleton made sure they did not need to go to other islands. The trip was much slower than their destination, but their speed kept them safe.
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In September the Endurance was called off the expedition because this year they needed to get a ship on board to reach Australia in time. The Captain went ashore to find help aboard their ship.
On 11th June, the Endurance set out to the south of Tasmania, but found they could not reach the country on its home ship. That evening they returned to the Endurance. However, Shackleton decided to sail the next day and get his iron man. He brought back his wife for her to look at. The Endurance said that, because of the cold winter in Australia, they had to stay at the cabin of the ship. So they sailed north, making the journey at about six
The sea that they traveled was one of the worst for gale force winds and waves. The island of South Georgia was small enough to miss completely. 15 days later they sighted land and made It to South Georgia. But a hurricane during the night almost sunk their lifeboat. This was not the last of the dangers. The James Caird was so damaged that the six man crew had to hike across the island. They hiked until they heard the sound of a work whistle. This was the first sound from the outside world in 17 months. Shackleton had made it to the