Caveman English: Shackleton

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Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Shackleton's Crew

Name	Position	Nickname	Birthplace	other?
Bakewell, William	Able Seaman	Billy, Bakie	United States (posed as a Canadian to get a job on the ship)	helped Blackborrow stow away
Blackborrow, Percy	Steward	Blackie	Wales	the stowaway
Cheetham, Alfred	Third Officer	Alf	England	three trips into Antartica
Clark, Robert	Biologist	Bob	Scotland
Crean, Thomas	Second Officer	Tom, Irish Giant	Ireland	tall and tough as an oak
Green, Charles	Cook		England	son of a master baker
Greenstreet, Lionel	First Officer	Horace	England	joined the expedition just 24 hours before they left England
Holness, Ernest	Fireman	Holie	England	said to be "most loyal"
How, Walter	Able Seaman	Hownow	England	amateur artist
Hudson, Hubert	Navigating officer	Buddha	England	best penguin-catcher
Hurley, Frank	Photographer	The Prince	Australia
Hussey, Leonard	Meteorologist (banjo player)	Uzbird	England	had been an archeologist
James, Reginald	Physicist	Jimmy	England	"Gentle Jimmy"
Kerr, A. J.	Second Engineer	Krasky	Scotland	A reticent man in his early 20s
Macklin, Dr. Alexander	Surgeon	Mack	England	also in charge of the dogs
Marston, George	Artist	Putty	England	best voice
McCarthy, Timothy	Able Seaman	Tim	Ireland	"irrepressable [sic] optimist"
McIlroy, Dr. James	Surgeon	Mickey	England	also in charge of the dogs
McLeod, Thomas	Able Seaman	Stornoway	Scotland	had already been to Antarctica twice
McNeish, Harry	Carpenter	Chips, Chippy	Scotland	oldest, the cat was his
Orde-Lees, Thomas	Motor Expert	Colonel, Old Lady	England	in charge of motor sledges
Rickinson, Louis	Chief Engineer	Rickey	England	hated the cold
Shackleton, Sir Ernest More in-depth information at http://www.south-pole.com/p0000097.htm	Leader	Boss	Ireland	said "Optimism is true moral courage,"
Stevenson, William	Fireman	Steve	England	senior stoke-- kept engine fires going
Vincent, John	Able Seaman	Bosun	England	physically strongest
Wild, Frank	Second-in-Command	Frankie	England	with Shackleton on all his expeditions
Wordie, James	Geologist	Jock	Scotland	popular with the crew
Worsley, Frank	Ship’s Captain	Skipper, Wuzzles	New Zealand	great navigator

Thanks to Shacklton's Stowaway and Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World and
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/shackleton/1914/team.html#orde-lees

If you'd like to learn more about the expedition, here are some sites to explore:

WebQuest Assignment

And here's another part of the story: the story of the part of the expedition on the other side of Antarctica. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/shackleton/1914/lostmen.html

Members of the Ross Sea Party -- on The Aurora

Ross Sea Party Who's Who

Friday, March 4, 2011

Antarctica

"You can think of Antarctica as an amazing layer cake, made from millions of layers of snow that gradually turns to ice. But a new study finds that's not always the case. Some of the ice in Antarctica is actually forming from underneath the glaciers, instead of being piled on from the top, according to a report published online by Science magazine."

http://www.npr.org/2011/03/04/134229249/its-bottoms-up-for-antarctic-ice-sheets?sc=fb&cc=fp

Here is a link to a picture of Shackleton's lifeboat, the James Caird, as it still exists on display at his old college: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mykreeve/2875297610/

This is a cut-away representation of the shelter Shackleton's men made on Elephant Island.

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Video Notes -- Shackleton

Video -- Start at 59:25
stop-skip 1:09 Shackleton's journal entry
begin again 1:12
whale 1:13:26
1:17:45 seals
1:18:37 soccer
1:19:30 penguins
skip Ordes-Lee decorating
Christmas About 1:20
stop-skip 1:21:11 - 1:21:48
1:23 Christmas celebration
1:24:41 Shackleton talking with crew member about being away from family
1:27 one more shot
stop-skip 1:29:42 -- 20 questions to 1:31:17
1:33 open water?
1:35 Running back and forth to break out the ship

Party for overland trip:
Frank Wild, Tom Crean, Frank Hurley

1:39:59 a whale? under the ice End of Disc

Video of man's slide down a mountain:
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/03/11/174031711/video-helmet-cam-records-mountain-climbers-wild-slide-hes-ok?utm_source=NPR&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=20130311

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Tuesday, March 23, 2010

March 22/23, 2010

March 22/23, 2010

Editing Self-Starter:
Subject-Verb Agreement exercise taped into composition books, edited carefully, and corrected together

New seating assignments

We watched more of the Shackleton DVD. B4 finished the DVD.

Thursday, March 4, 2010

Ice Story Online

Part of our class book is available online here.

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What I've Been Reading -- Fall 2012

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A great grammar link (with some errors, but it has Yoda!)
http://www.lordalford.com/grammar/grammarevil.htm#2

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