Power Hour 33 Stuck in the Icy Ocean by Kate Paixão

Ernest Shackleton was an explorer. In 1914, he led an expedition to Antarctica. Things went wrong, however. As Shackleton and twenty-seven men sailed toward the South Pole, their ship became stuck in ice. The ice would not melt until spring. Shackleton wondered whether he and his shipmates should spend the freezing winter months on the ship. They knew the ice had damaged their ship and that it would sink in the spring. Shackleton finally decided that he and his men had to leave the ship.

They ended up camping on a sheet of ice. They watched their ship sink, safe for the moment. But Shackleton knew they were still in danger. Soon, the sheet of ice they were living on started to melt. Shackleton ordered his men onto the small lifeboats the big ship carried. They all sailed to a nearby island. The men could not find shelter or life there. They could not stay. Shackleton met his new problem with courage. He and five men sailed in a small lifeboat to another island. They found people there. Shackleton sent a ship to bring back the twenty-two other men. The rescue was successful! After two years at sea, every crewman had been saved. Ernest Shackleton solved the problems his men faced. He took a dangerous trip to save his crew. Today, many people consider him a hero.