Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible VoyageTyndale House Publishers, 1999 - 272 halaman In 1914, an expedition headed by Sir Ernest Shackleton set out to be the first to cross the continent of Antarctica. Shipwrecked and marooned for months on end, their ill-fated voyage became a triumphant story of indomitable courage and faith in the face of astounding obstacles. A bestseller since it was first published in 1959, Alfred Lansing's Endurance now features a foreword and afterword from Dr. James Dobson—inspiring every reader to persevere no matter how impossible the challenge. |
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... clear weather , if the moon was out , it swept in bold , high circles through the starlit skies for days on end , casting a soft , pale light over the floes . At other times , there were breathtaking displays of the aurora australis ...
... clear weather , if the moon was out , it swept in bold , high circles through the starlit skies for days on end , casting a soft , pale light over the floes . At other times , there were breathtaking displays of the aurora australis ...
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... clear the floes on the port side of snow . The area around the kennels was becoming dangerously weighted down , and he feared it might buckle under , carrying the dogs with it . All that night the blizzard raged ; but on July 16 the ...
... clear the floes on the port side of snow . The area around the kennels was becoming dangerously weighted down , and he feared it might buckle under , carrying the dogs with it . All that night the blizzard raged ; but on July 16 the ...
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... clear and cold , giving promise of a fine day . But before long , heavy clouds rolled in , and the scene once more became , as Orde - Lees recorded , " the pre- vailing gloom to which we are now so inured . " As always , almost everyone ...
... clear and cold , giving promise of a fine day . But before long , heavy clouds rolled in , and the scene once more became , as Orde - Lees recorded , " the pre- vailing gloom to which we are now so inured . " As always , almost everyone ...
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