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Sir Ernest Shackleton and the West Wind Drift

Sir Ernest Shackleton and the West Wind Drift. Current News and Weather Antarctic Exploration History Sir Ernest Shackleton Fighting for Survival Course Evaluations Reminders Exam Study Session, 9:00-12:00, 5/5 Monday Rankin West Rm 345

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Sir Ernest Shackleton and the West Wind Drift

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  1. Sir Ernest Shackleton and the West Wind Drift • Current News and Weather • Antarctic Exploration History • Sir Ernest Shackleton • Fighting for Survival • Course Evaluations Reminders • Exam Study Session, 9:00-12:00, 5/5 Monday Rankin West Rm 345 • Final Exam: 9:00 – 11:30 AM, Tuesday 5/6

  2. Antarctic Exploration History • Roald Amundsen – Norwegian • Robert Falcon Scott – British • Sir Ernest Shackleton – British • Amundsen won the race to the South Pole in 1911, beating Scott by a couple of weeks • Scott froze to death in his tent only miles away from a cache of food on the return trip • The last great major feat left after the race to the Pole was a crossing of the entire Antarctic continent, so Shackleton set out with this goal in 1914

  3. “MEN WANTED FOR HAZARDOUS JOURNEY; SMALL WAGES, BITTER COLD—LONG MONTHS OF COMPLETE DARKNESS, SAFE RETURN DOUBTFUL; HONOR AND RECOGNITION IN CASE OF SUCCESS.” • Ad placed in local newspapers by Shackleton

  4. Video Links http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/shackleton/1914/endurance.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qj0fAYiY09A

  5. Sir Ernest Shackleton

  6. The Endurance Caught in the Pack Ice

  7. Course #: 1020 Section #: 106 Instructor #: 012 Please code information carefully with a No. 2 pencil! For each question, blacken the appropriate circle (one per question). Written comments on back are particularly helpful! Thank you for a great semester and good luck on the upcoming exams! Thank you as well for your honest and constructive feedback. Your evaluations help me to improve course content and teaching. Please keep in touch and let me know if there is anything I can do to help you in the future! Course Evaluations

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