Question

Select the correct answer.

Read the excerpt. Which idea about the place of the explorers on nature's frontier does the diary entry best support?

One man wrote in his diary: "It's a hard, rough, jolly life, this marching and camping, no washing of self or dishes, no undressing, no changing of clothes. We have our food anyhow, and
always [soaked) with blubber-smoke, sleeping almost on the bare snow and working as hard as the human physique is capable of doing on a minimum of food."

A. The expedition's men prefer an unpleasant place on nature's frontier to the comforts of city life.

B. The expedition's men can tame and adapt nature's frontier to find a place in it.

C. The expedition's men must earn their place on nature's frontier through effort and endurance.

D. The expedition's men fear that they have no place on nature's frontier and should leave.

Answer 1

C. The expedition's men must earn their place on nature's frontier through effort and endurance.

Step-by-step explanation:

The expedition's troops must work and endure to reach nature's border. The journal entry highlights the explorers' hard labor, poor nourishment, and terrible sleeping circumstances. Though difficult, the entrance is accepting and unfazed.

This implies that the explorers know they must suffer these trials to enter nature's border. Working as hard as the human body is capable of doing on the bare minimum of food—a test of endurance and effort—supports this viewpoint.