Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage

I have an essay due. What are three dangerous situations shackleton&crew were put into?? Thanks

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• In January, 1915, the Endurance becomes surrounded by a frozen immobile in pack ice. The ship is drifts along with the pack ice for several months and loses sight of land.

• At the end of October, 1915, the Endurance is crushed by the pressure of the ice. The crew abandons ship and set up camp on the pack ice. Their camp is named Ocean Camp.

• In March, 1916, the pack ice begins to break up as it finally drifts far enough north of the Palmer Peninsula that ocean currents and winds drive the mass on an erratic course. Warming temperatures bring additional game animals—but also cause the various floes to thin and begin to crumble away. The situation is indeed desperate and the ice floe upon which the men are encamped dwindles away by erosion and melting.

• In April, 1918, Shackleton orders the men into the three small boats as navigable leads open in the pack ice. After several miserable days of freezing water and incredibly dangerous situations, the small craft are separated into two groups. Their planned destination is changed several times as storms or pack ice cut off various escapes; they finally, incredibly, and happily reunite just off the shore of Elephant Island where a barely tenable beach is located and land. A tiny hut is constructed, penguins and seals are hunted, their meat stockpiled, and the men prepare for a long and isolated stay.

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Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage