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1. Shackleton is which of the following?

A polar explorer

2. How old is Shackleton at the start of the third voyage?

40

3. Shackleton's first voyage is under whose leadership?

Robert F. Scott

4. Shackleton's second voyage got how close to the pole?

97 miles

5. Shackleton's second voyage earns him what?

Knighthood

6. Where was the route supposed to start from in the first expedition of Shackleton's proposed trans-Antarctic expedition?

Vahsel Bay

7. What was the name of Shackleton's sailing vessel?

Endurance

8. Mortgaging the expedition means what?

Selling in advance the rights to whatever commercial exploitation the expedition might produce

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