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1. 1.

   Describe Shackleton as a young boy.

2. 2.

   How many people applied for the expedition and how many eventually got selected by Ernest Shackleton? How were the men chosen?

3. 3.

   What was his aim when he set out? Why could he not achieve it?

4. 4.

   What happened when the Endurance reached Antarctica? When did the situation get worse?

5. 5.

   What did he solemnly promise? What was the next plan of action?

6. 6.

   How did the men on the lifeboat endure the next seventeen days?