Ernest Shackleton Word Search
Play a Ernest Shackleton word search free online. We built the 12-word list around the life, work, and legacy of a famous figure, then scattered it across a 15×15 grid — horizontal, vertical and diagonal. Find them all to clear the board.
Words to find: SHACKLETON, ENDURANCE, ANTARCTICA, EXPEDITION, EXPLORER, SAILOR, VOYAGE, SOUTH, POLE, JAMES, CAIRD, ELEPHANT.
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Ernest Shackleton word list, defined
- ENDURANCE /ɪnˈdjʊərəns/ (British), /ɪnˈdʊrəns/ (US) · noun
- The ability to withstand hardship, stress, or adversity over a prolonged period; the power of sustaining physical or mental effort without giving way. It can also denote the state of enduring something unpleasant. Related: stamina, fortitude, perseverance, resilience.
- EXPEDITION /ˌɛkspɪˈdɪʃən/ · noun
- A journey or voyage undertaken for a specific purpose, such as exploration, scientific research, or military action. It also denotes promptness or speed in doing something. Related: journey, voyage, mission, trek.
- EXPLORER /ɪkˈsplɔːrər/ · noun
- A person who travels to unfamiliar places in order to learn about or map them; more broadly, anyone who investigates or explores a subject, area, or field systematically. Related: adventurer, traveler, pathfinder, pioneer.
- SAILOR /ˈseɪlər/ · noun
- A person who works on a ship or sails a boat, especially as a member of a ship's crew. The term can also refer more broadly to someone experienced in sailing or seafaring. Related: seafarer, mariner, sailor, deckhand.
- VOYAGE /ˈvɔɪɪdʒ/ · noun and verb
- As a noun, a journey, especially a long one made by sea or through space. As a verb, to travel by sea or through space. Related: journey, trip, passage, crossing.
- SOUTH /saʊθ/ · noun, adjective, adverb, verb
- The direction toward the Earth's equator and opposite pole from north; the region lying in that direction. As an adjective, it means situated in or belonging to the south; as an adverb, it means toward the south. Related: southern, sunward, downward, southward.
- POLE /pəʊl/ (British); /poʊl/ (American) · noun; verb
- A long, slender rod or staff, especially one used as a support, a fishing rod, or the rod used in a pole vault; also either of the two points at which the Earth's axis meets its surface. As a verb, pole means to propel or support something using a pole, or to perform a pole vault. Related: stake, rod, shaft, post.
- JAMES /dʒeɪmz/ · proper noun
- James is a masculine given name and surname, best known in English as the name of figures such as James Bond, James Joyce, and James Taylor. It is also used as a family name.
- ELEPHANT /ˈɛlɪfənt/ · noun
- A very large herbivorous mammal of the family Elephantidae, with a long trunk, tusks, and large ears, native to Africa and southern Asia.
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