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Endurance

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Book meta-data
  • Reading Box: Black (Levels 31+)
  • Year: Six
  • Fiction/Nonfiction: Non-fiction
  • Theme/Topic: Adventure, Challenge, Exploration, History, Journeys
  • Genre: Biography/Autobiography
  • Strategy/Skills: Using texts as models, Making connections, Asking and answering questions
  • Page Count: 32
  • Reading Level: 31+
  • Item Code: 200495
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  • Curriculum Codes: ACELA1830, ACELY1711, ACELY1712, ACELY1713
Reader Description

Sir Ernest Shackleton and twenty-seven men set out to cross Antarctica. But the sea froze around their ship, crushing it. After months camped on the ice, six of them brave 1300 kilometres of wild, freezing ocean in a lifeboat to seek help. This is the story of one of the most amazing feats of survival in human history.

After you have completed the Reader

Frank Worsley's diary gives a detailed picture about life on the Endurance. Imagine you are on the ice with Shackleton's expedition. Choose two days from the timeline in the book. Write journal entries for these days, explaining how you feel and what is happening.

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