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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... close together that their combined weight might in itself crack the floe . A further advan- tage of this precaution was that , while their equipment was spread out over a large area , they were not likely to lose a sizable amount of ...
... close together that their combined weight might in itself crack the floe . A further advan- tage of this precaution was that , while their equipment was spread out over a large area , they were not likely to lose a sizable amount of ...
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... close as ever . After more than an hour they had demon- strated the truth of what they first suspected - it could not be done . No boat could beat to windward in such a storm . Shackleton was sure the end was very near . But actually ...
... close as ever . After more than an hour they had demon- strated the truth of what they first suspected - it could not be done . No boat could beat to windward in such a storm . Shackleton was sure the end was very near . But actually ...
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... close they had to crane their necks to see it . Worsley thought to himself of the pity of it all . He remembered the diary he had kept ever since the Endurance had sailed from South Geor- gia almost seventeen months before . That same ...
... close they had to crane their necks to see it . Worsley thought to himself of the pity of it all . He remembered the diary he had kept ever since the Endurance had sailed from South Geor- gia almost seventeen months before . That same ...
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afternoon ahead Antarctic astern began berg Blackboro blubber boats Clarence Island cold crack Crean crew dark deck diary Docker dogs Drake Passage drift Elephant Island Endurance Ernest Shackleton expedition face feet finally floe Frank Hurley Frank Wild gale glaciers Greenstreet hands hoosh Hudson Hurley Hussey James Caird journey King Haakon Bay knew land looked Macklin wrote Marston McIlroy McNeish miles minutes morning nearly night noon o'clock oars Ocean Camp once open water Orde-Lees pack Palmer Peninsula party Patience Camp Paulet Island penguins pressure pulled pumps reached rocks rose sail sea anchor seal seemed Shackleton decided Shackleton ordered ship shouted side sight sledge sleeping bags slowly snow South Georgia starboard stove surface swell teams tent Tom Crean took turned Vahsel Bay waited watch wave weather Weddell Sea whaling Wild wind Worsley Worsley's