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Ernest Shackleton

by Gerald from Alaska

<a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Ernest_Henry_Shackleton_Nadar.jpg>Ernest Shackleton</a>
Ernest Shackleton

My hero is Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton he was born on February 15 1874 in the county Kildare in Ireland. Then his family moved to London where he was educated. Ernest Shackleton became an explorer after he turned down his dad’s dream of him being a doctor.

Ernest Shackleton is famous for his Endurance Expedition where just one day's sail from the Antarctic continent, the ship Endurance, became trapped in sea ice. Frozen for ten months, the ship was crushed and destroyed by ice when it built up pressure, and the crew was forced to abandon ship.

After camping on the ice for five months, Shackleton made two boat journeys, which one was a dangerous 800-mile ocean journey to South Georgia Island which is now considered to be one of the greatest boat journeys in history. Climbing across the mountains of South Georgia, Ernest Shackleton reached the island's whaling station, which they organized a rescue crew, and when after and saved all of the men he had left behind.”

Shackleton also made many more expeditions to Antarctica like the Discovery Expedition and the Normid Expedition.

Ernest Shackleton is important to me because he had great courage to go exploring through very harsh conditions even after almost starving and freezing to death. Also for going on an 800 mile journey to South Georgia Island. He is also my hero because he is very brave to have gone on all those expedition without knowing if he was going to make it through the expeditions. He is a true hero to those men he saved for reaching safety and having them saved.

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Last edited 4/6/2007 12:00:00 AM

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