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| Free sample form the on-line edition of Think in English Magazine. |
Hopefully, I'm not the only one to ask myself about how difficult it must have been to leave your family behind, to say good bye to friends, relatives and acquaintances, and travel the seven seas...Please, don't let me be misunderstood: this is no trivial matter, and - of course - I have no intention to trivialize such a feat. What I mean to imply is that the farther away one moves back into the past, the closer to legend and myth History seems to draw. For how else is Ernest Shackleton's life to be viewed against the backdrop of his lifetime?
Take a few minutes to find some information about his expedition(s), and ask yourself some questions. Then join the forum and give your own answers to my, or your colleagues', questions:
- What made Shackleton so arduous in his endeavour? Was it because he grew up in The Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration?
- Was he the only one?
- But what, or who, gave impetus to exploration in the 19th Century?
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| Nimrod Expedition: Wild, Shackleton, | Marshall and Adams |
Mind you, I haven't asked why - because that much is clear: as far as human inquisitiveness is concerned, the sky's the limit! Wouldn't it be the perfect true story to help us understand Man's freedom of choice?
