Cambridge IGCSE English Literature: Poetry Mr Kai Antarctica English KS3 | vbest.edu.my 1 Cambridge IGCSE English Literature: Poetry Mr Kai 1. How do you think it would feel to be standing there? 2. Write down words and phrases to describe the place. English KS3 | vbest.edu.my 2 Cambridge IGCSE English Literature: Poetry Mr Kai From an explorer’s diary: Evan looked a little better after a good sleep, and declared, as he always did. That he was quite well. He started in his place on the traces, but half an hour later worked his ski shoes adrift, and had to leave the sledge. The surface was awful, the soft recently fallen snow clogging the ski and runners at every step, the sledge groaning, the sky overcast, and the land hazy. We stopped after about an hour, and Evan came up again, but very slowly. Half an hour later he dropped out again on the same plea. Question: 1. Which person does the writer write in. 2. Who do you think the writer write for? 3. What is it like in this wild environment? 4. What topics matter most to the writer in this extract? 5. How does he feel? Which word tell you this? 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