Part VI

A picture of the rugged Sir Earnest Shackleton

Part VI is all about the rescue team's journey to South Georgia. Their journey is very challenging. The men; however, endure the hardships in order to reach the land. They hurdle many adversities to reach South Georgia. The men are constantly getting battered by the sea, that is freezing onto them, making every movement torturous. Then as if the odyssey isn't difficult enough, they lose their anchor. Then, after they use their first jug of water, they find that the second jug has been contaminated with salt water. Even though the odds are against them, the group lands on South Georgia 522 days after they left it. Lansing chronicles regarding Shackleton, "The truth was that he felt rather out of his element. He had proved himself on land. He had demonstrated there beyond all doubt his ability to pit his matchless tenacity against the elements-and win. But the sea is a different ssort of enemy. Unlike the land where courage and the simple will to endure can often see a man through, the struggle against the sea is an act of physical combat, and there is no escape. It is a battle against a tireless enemy in which man never actually wins; the most that he can hope for is not to be defeated." This shows that Shackleton is a round character, with deep complexities.