Hola! My name is Olivia Werhane and I am in 5th grade. My favorite hobbies are playing ukulele, singing, drawing, and auditioning for musicals and plays! My favorite color is green (specifically Sage). My favorite animal is the axolotl. I have two cats, a dog, and a chinchilla. I absolutely adore my dog(the picture down there is me and my cat, Kurt. Not my dog)! My favorite food is sushi. I have a brother named James who  is currently 4 (as I am/was writing this book). I took Spanish class for 5 years before switching to Caledonia Elementary for 5th grade.

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Adventure Awaits..........................................................Pg. 4, 5

Chapter 2: Expedition, Start!...........................................................Pg. 6, 7

Chapter 3: The Ice of the Antarctic ...........................................Pg.8, 9

Chapter 4: Lost at Sea ...................................................................Pg. 10, 11

Chapter 5: Saved at Last .............................................................Pg. 12, 13

Chapter 1: Adventure Awaits!

Ernest Shackleton was born in Ireland in 1874. He was the oldest son, and came from a family of 10! Ernest was very interested with adventure. His younger sisters became his first

 fans ever. They were very fascinated with their 

brother. He read books that made him even more 

fascinated about explorations. At the age of 16,

Ernest left his home for the first of many  

journeys at sea. He earned a small Wage in the 

mercantile marine. Facing the complicated rigging of 

his first ship, a large vessel called Hoghton Tower,

a young Ernest literally set himself to "learning the

ropes." After his first voyage,

Ernest Shackleton as a child pulling on a rope while on a ship

 Ernest signed a paper that said he was totally committed to spend the next four years working at sea in the mercantile marine. In 1898, age 24, Ernest had passed an examination for master, which meant he had the qualifications and authority to command a ship of his own should the opportunity arise. He saw much of the world from the deck of a ship, and it was only a matter of time before the greatest and 

most mysterious continent of the world 

reached his ears. Antarctica was truly the 

last great frontier; only recently discovered,

and almost entirely unexplored, the continent 

presented the ultimate challenge for the brave

of heart.

The Hoghton T0wer ship that Ernest worked on.

Chapter 2: Expedition, Start!

Ernest Shackleton prepared for his Antarctic expedition of 1914. He was known as one of the United Kingdom's greatest explorers. He and his men climbed mount Erebus, which is a 13,000 foot volcano off the Antarctic coast. For this accomplishment, he was knighted by The King of England which earned him the title of Sir . Even though Ernest

had gotten so close to Antarctica, he still 

thought that it wasn't enough. He wanted to

cross the entirety of Antarctica. Ernest

was stuck with this idea. To accomplish

this, he had to get help. 

 The famous Titanic sunk 2 years before Shackleton's ship set sail.

 Ernest hired 26 people out of thousands just for this expedition. Ernest got another person to join his crew when they were half way to the Antarctic. This man was a stowaway. Ernest brought lots of sled dogs to use for storage. They would carry food and other supplies for Ernest and

 his men. Ernest's ship was named 

Endurance. After the expedition had 

started, Ernest began seeing packed ice 

floating around. He got very concerned 

because only 2 years before his 

great expedition, the Titanic had sank due to

a large iceberg. 

Ernest Shackleton's sled dogs as puppies.

Chapter 3: The Ice of the Antarctic
After about a month at sea, there was a huge snowstorm in mid July. This snowstorm made the ice around them thicker and harder to get going, nonetheless, Ernest and his crew had to wait for the ice to melt. A month had passed and 

the ice still hadn't melted, it had actually gotten

even harder and began  slowly tightening around

them! Strange noises began to come from the

depths of the ship, as the wood decks of the 

ship began to bend upward due to the tension 

that was coming from the bottom of the ship. 

The men were in constant danger and had to be extremely  

The Endurance stuck in the ice after snowstorm

careful. It was difficult for the men to maintain a normal routine. The Endurance was built to withstand the Antarctic sea but no ship could be powerful enough to withstand ice floes. The ice seemed that it would battle them and their ship till the end. Spring had come and Ernest told his crew to pack up for sailing. Ernest was not a naive man, and was very aware that hi ship stood little chance to remain seaworthy. But Ernest was a man who was aware of the value of hope and the crucial importance of containing good morale and high spirits among his men. The ship slowly began to collapse under their feet. Ernest knew that he had no hope of 

leading his men to safety. 

What the ice flow could have looked like.