Part 5 starts off with the crew getting reluctantly accustomed to Elephant Island. The place they originally docked at proved to be too small for comfortably safe living conditions, so a few men go out to look for a new camp. it takes a whole day, but the men finally return with a new campsite. The men are forced into the boats one more time to go to their new campsite. Once they finally get settled in, Shackleton announces what they all knew was coming, an effort to go for rescue. Six men, including Shackleton, were to go to South Georgia Island to call for rescue, while the rest of the men staying at Elephant Island. Chapter 3 wraps up by the men preparing the ship and sending the small crew off to find rescue.
An emotional quote came at the departure of the separate crews when, "Finally the two crews leaned across and shook hands." Even though neither team may never see eachother once again, they still treated it as business as usual. This shows the perseverance the crew as a whole had for the situation they were in.
The lit term dilemma fits nicely into this section because Shackleton bore the burden of finding the new camp and picking a rescue squad out of the entire crew. For one man to carry such an immense decision must have burdened him, but he rarely showed signs of weakness: a characteristic of a true captain.
The lit term dilemma fits nicely into this section because Shackleton bore the burden of finding the new camp and picking a rescue squad out of the entire crew. For one man to carry such an immense decision must have burdened him, but he rarely showed signs of weakness: a characteristic of a true captain.
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