Boat in ice

Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure by Gabriella

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    Shackleton's Antartic Adventure 7

    Shackleton, his crew and ship have been stranded for many months.
  • Frightening sounds of crushing wood

    Frightening sounds of crushing wood
    Shackleton and the crew hear wood crushing and watch the ship sinking it is what they had feared.
  • Hard to pull

    Hard to pull
    The crew pulled three life boats to the edge of the ice and soongot very tired and couldn't pull any more.
  • Stinky Dangers

    Stinky Dangers
    The men smelled horrible it had been more than a year now that they'd not taken baths they wewree off to Elephant Island. In the middle of their journey they stopped and made camp on an ice floe while they slept the floe cracked and a man fell in. Shack picked him up out of the water.
  • Open water

    Open water
    The men finally reached open water they were closer to Elephant Island! They became very thirsty they had swollen tongues.
  • Land Ho!

    Land Ho!
    They saw Elephant Island from a distance. iI looked totally barren.
  • More water ?

    More water ?
    They reached Elephant Island still it was barren. Soon after (5 days),Shackleton and five men were off to South Georgia Island (800 miles).
  • Six Men Standing

    Six Men Standing
    Shackleton,five men and their boat the "Caird"