| WEDDELLSEA | Arm of the Atlantic where Sir Ernest Shackleton and his ship Endurance were grounded by ice during his Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (7,3) |
| POLAR | - Medal; award bestowed upon explorers including Captain Scott, Ernest Shackleton and Ranulph Fiennes (5) |
| PATCO | They were grounded by Reagan |
| INTHEDOCK | Captured pirate and his ship should both be here |
| KHAKIELECTION | Canal turned to ice during prince's appeal to 21 voters(5,8) |
| ELEPHANT | Where Shackleton and his crew found refuge after the sinking of the Endurance in 1915 (8,6) |
| ISLAND | Where Shackleton and his crew found refuge after the sinking of the Endurance in 1915 (8,6) |
| ENDURANCE | Three-masted ship in which Sir Ernest Shackleton sailed for the Antarctic on the 1914 Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition |
| CAMBRIDGE | University city where Sir Ernest Rutherford was a professor from 1919 to 1937 (9) |
| BAHAMAS | The ____, island group in the Atlantic where Christopher Columbus first landed in 1492 (7) |
| STRANDED | Some of the crew were grounded, and left high and dry (8) |
| SARGASSO | Sea within the Atlantic where eels migrate for spawning |
| SST | Plane grounded by Air France |
| NIMROD | What was the name of the ship used by Ernest Shackleton during his 1908 Antarctic expedition? (6) |
| ENGLISH | The --- Channel is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean linked with the North Sea by the Strait of Dover (7) |
| GRYTVIKEN | Whaling station on the island of South Georgia that houses the grave of Ernest Shackleton (9) |
| ERNEST | ____ Shackleton, Anglo-Irish arctic explorer noted for his trek on the ship Endurance (6) |
| GULFOFMEXICO | Arm of the Atlantic to the south of the United States (4,2,6) |
| BALTICSEA | Arm of the Atlantic Ocean enclosed by Sweden, Finland and the Central European mainland (6,3) |
| TROSSACHS | Area in Scotland described as the Highlands in miniature, where Sir Walter Scott's The Lady of the Lake is set (9) |
