BEN FOGLE AND THE SOUTH POLE – PAPER 2 MODEL ANSWERS

In the text, the writer makes the trip seem difficult by using the phrase ‘giant crack’. The word ‘GIANT’ suggests the trip was huge, intimidating and dangerous to Fogle.

a) Ponies

b) ‘What on earth does such mean at this time off year?’

c) They cannot move due to the weather

I think the Scott successfully shows his feelings by using the phrase ‘raging weather.’ This suggests Scott finds the weather violent, aggressive and intimidating.

Fogle had lots of food, ‘salami, chocolate, cheese’ and says he ‘enjoyed the food.’

Scott had ‘rationed meat’, biscuits and a ‘thin breakfast.’ Scott says the food ‘raised our spirits.’

Both writers say the weather was a massive problem on the trips. Fogle says the temperature was ‘-50°c’ and ‘bitterly cold’ which suggests the weather was extremely harsh.

Likewise, Scott says the storm moved ‘violently’ which shows he felt punished by the weather.

a) He had walked onto a dangerous crevasse.

b) 16 hours a day.

c) He listened to Andrew Marr’s ‘History of the Modern Britain.’