This is a thorough and compassionate article which celebrates the bravery of the medical staff on site in western Africa. They are under a time crunched ( much like the sinking ship of the Endurance) and yet they push through, “indifferent to their fate” in the ebola epidemic that has stricken the nation. This article argues that workers helping to care for the ebola epidemic have overcome fear and have gone above and beyond in an act of heroism. Alfred Lansings documentary 'Endurance presents an accurate retelling of Shackletons incredible journey in Antarctica this recount somewhat depicts an archetypal heros journey. Take this article to someone who doesn’t get it yet. To add to not showing fear in times of hardship, heroism can be seen in numerous places outside the freezing cold of 1915. The men did what they had to do but gave up in the process. Lansing referred to the men as having no fear. He compares them to Ernest Shackleton’s feelings in order to convey the viewpoints of the parties in their “naked and terrifying” plight. Lansing explores the men’s feelings of the ship as it is mashed by the ice. They accepted their defeat almost apathetically. Also includes sites with a short overview, synopsis. They had fought unceasingly for three days and they had lost. Sites like SparkNotes with a Endurance study guide or cliff notes. There was no show of fear or even apprehension. For most of the men, however, no order was needed because by then everybody knew that the ship was done and that it was time to give up trying to save her. “The order to abandon ship was given at 5 pm. Ernest Shackelton, the late ship’s leader, estimated the nearest place for food and shelter, some 346 miles northwest of the pack ice on tiny Paulet Island. All survive the sinking, “indifferent to their fate.” The Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition is “midway between the South Pole and the nearest outpost of humanity, some 1,200 miles away”. Shackleton orders immediate departure, but the group is delayed by facial frostbite during. They rejoice when they see the peaks of Clarence and Elephant Islands, which are approximately 30 miles away. Mere moments from collapsing in two, men are ordered back on board to retrieve needed supplies. The sea calms by about 3:00 am, and a magnificent pink and gold sunrise thereafter serves to lift the men’s spirits. The crew of the Endurance accept defeat as they abandon their ship after three long days battling the unforgiving waters and ice on the Weddell Sea. In Alfred Lansing’s, The Endurance, the year is 1915. “The order to abandon the boat was given at 5 P.M.” Part of Scholastic’s Lost series, this book opens with a photograph of Endurance’s crew and a cast of the characters readers meet in the story.
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