The Voyage of the James Caird

Ernest Shackleton, the captain of the Endurance, left on this voyage from what country?

• France

• United States

• Venezuela

• England

What were Shackleton and his crew doing in the part of the world where the Endurance had to be abandoned?

• Operating a whaling ship

• Attempting to cross the Antarctic Circle

• Trying to be the first to sail around Cape Horn

• Shipping goods from England to India

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What was the James Caird?

• The freighter they used to sail from England

• An island in the south Atlantic Ocean

• A lifeboat that was taken off of the Endurance

• A whaling port on South Georgia Island

What was the name of the place where Shackleton and his crew had camped before attempting to go in search of rescuers?

• New South Wales

• Cape Horn

• South Georgia Island

• Elephant Island

How many men sailed on the James Caird when they attempted to find rescuers?

• Three

• Six

• Nine

• Twelve

The crew of the James Caird were dressed in woolen underwear, cloth trousers, Jaeger sweaters, with socks and gloves. The clothing was:

• waterproof but not windproof

• perfectly suited for winter weather there

• keeping them warm and dry

• windproof but not waterproof

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When the men were hungry, a Primus stove was used to heat up a brick of beef protein, lard, oatmeal, sugar and salt that they called

• port

• flotsam

• hoosh

• starboard

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Inside the bottom portion of the James Caird they had loaded what on Elephant Island?

• large stones used as ballast to keep the ship steady

• whale bones to use for emergency food

• bodies of penguins to keep them warm

• seawater

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The "deck" of the James Caird had been nailed to the sides of the boat with packing crate nails. The deck was made of

• marble

• porcelain

• canvas

• lumber

The sleeping bags the men had loaded onto the James Caird were made of

• nylon

• reindeer skins

• whale skin

• whale blubber

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