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H.M.S Endurance
Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Antartica | Continent around the South Pole; a plateu coverd by a great ice cap and mountain peaks. |
| H.M.S. Endurance | A ship in which sailed to the Antartic. |
| Frostbite | To affect or injure by frost or frostbite. |
| Mutiny | Forcible or passive resistance to laweful authority; espacially: concerted revolt against discipline or a superior officer. |
| Evacuation | Something evacuated or discharged. |
| Ice Pack | An expanse of pack ice. |
| Ice Floe | A ussaully large flat free mass of floating sea ice. |
| Navigate | To travel by water. |
| Latitude | Angular distance from some specified circle or plane of reference. |
| Longitude | Long duration |
| Scurvy | A disease caused by lack of vitamin C and characterized by spongy gums loosening of the teeth, and a bleeding into the skin and mucous membranes. |
| Shackleton, Sir Ernest | British polar explorer. |
| Gale | A strong current of air |
| Indispensable | Not subject to being set aside or neglected |
| sextant | an instrument for measuring anguler distance |
| chronemeter | one designed to keep time with great accuracy |
| compass | to get into ones possesion or power |
| skipper | Any of various erraticlly active insects( such as click beetles or a water strider). |
| antiscorbutic | counteracting scurvy |
| expidition | a journey or excursion undertaken for a specific purpose. |
| epilogue | A cuncluding section that rounds out the design of a literary work. |
| tiller | one that tills |