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16 pages
illustrations (some colour), map.
Teacher support material is available at www.schooljournalstorylibrary.tki.org.nz Endurance has been carefully levelled. While the contexts and concepts link to English and Social sciences at level 4 of the curriculum, the text has a reading year level of years 5 to 6. Contents: 21 November 1915 -- Shackleton: Explorer of the South -- The Endurance sets sail -- Stuck in the ice -- Life on board -- Abandon ship -- Camping in the ice -- Rowing to Elephant Island -- A brief rest -- The voyage of the James Caird -- Crossing South Georgia -- "They're all there, Skipper!".
Summary: This book recounts the incredible survival story that followed Ernest Shackleton's failed attempt to cross Antarctica in 1914. After his ship, the Endurance, was trapped and later crushed by ice, Shackleton and his crew were stranded on the ice for five months before travelling in lifeboats to Elephant Island. A small group then sailed on to South Georgia and trekked through glaciers and over mountains to eventually find help.
School journal story library.
New Zealand curriculum.
Level 4.