英语翻译WhenErnestShackletonpackedforhistriptoAntarcticainJuly1914,heseemedreadyforanything.Amongtheitemsheandhiscrewstowedinhisshipwerecansofmeat,abicycleandsoccerballs.Shackletonhopedtobecomethefirstperson
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WhenErnestShackletonpackedforhistriptoAntarcticainJuly1914,heseemedreadyforanything.Amongtheitemsheandhiscrewstowedinhisshipwerecansofmeat,abicycleandsoccerballs.Shackletonhopedtobecomethefirstpersontotravelacrossthefrozencontinentatthebottom oftheworld.
ButnothingcouldhavepreparedShackletonorhiscrewforwhatdidhappen.InsteadofcrossingAntarctica,theymadehistoryinoneofthemostincrediblesurvivalstoriesever.StuckinMilesofIce Shackletonwasalreadyfamouswhenhepreparedforthe1914trip.In1908hehadcomewithin100milesoftheSouthPolebuthadturnedbackbecauseofbadweather. By1914,hewaseagerforanotheradventure.Nearly5,000peoplevolunteeredtogowithhim.Shackletonchoseacrewof26sailorsandscientists,plusaphotographer,FrankHurley.OnthewaytoAntarctica,hepickedupatleast69sleddogstopulltheexplorersonthelongtrekacrossland. Shackleton'slaststopbeforeheadingforAntarcticawasawhalingstationonSouthGeorgiaIsland.Norwegianwhalerstoldthecrewthatitwas"abadyearforice."
Theywereright.UponenteringtheWeddellSea,Shackletonwasforcedtozigzagthroughdangerousicesheets,sometimespassingmore than400icebergsaday!OnJanuary18,1915,theiceclosedaroundtheship.Itwasstuck,asonesailorputit,"likeanalmondinthemiddleofachocolatebar." Althoughhewaslessthan100milesfromAntarctica,Shackleto