Great Failure
In the early 1900s, many people explored ____ lands.
Ernest Shackleton was ____ of them.
He headed for Antarctica with a ____ of 28 men in August 1914.
On January 20, 1915, Shackleton’s team was crossing the sea near ____.
Suddenly, the ship hit thick ice and got ____.
The ____ had to wait until the winter passed.
October 28th, ____
Nine long months ____ and the ice started melting.
But, the ice ____ the ship into pieces.
The ship started ____.
I ordered my ____, “Give up the ship. She’s going down!”
November 21st, 1915
The ship has sunk ____ the water today.
We lost our ____ and we had to make a camp on the ice.
All I ____ do is to keep strong for my men.
My dream to go to Antarctica is broken, but I’ve set a new ____.
I’ll make my ____ return home safely.
April 15th, ____
I had my men get on the three lifeboats to go to ____ Island.
We got to the island ____.
It took us 7 days on the sea to get to the ____.
And after 497 ____, we finally stood on land again.
But, there is no ____ on this island.
There is little food to eat and the weather is so ____.
April 24th, 1916
We can get ____ in South Georgia.
The island is 1,300 ____ away and a sea of death is in front of us.
But I should do this for my ____.
I set ____ for South Georgia today.
____ and five of his men fought against big waves and strong winds for 16 days.
Finally, they made it to South ____.
They ____ help from there and went back to Elephant Island.
When the men on the island saw the ship, they all shouted for ____.
Not a single life was ____!
____ was saved.