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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... course was more sideways than forward . Nor was there any way to turn . Astern lay the coast , and the chart showed that off to port was a succes- sive line of reefs . Only to starboard was there open sea — and that was surely the one ...
... course was more sideways than forward . Nor was there any way to turn . Astern lay the coast , and the chart showed that off to port was a succes- sive line of reefs . Only to starboard was there open sea — and that was surely the one ...
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... course , close into the wind . But somehow it all seemed easier . The roar of the breakers grew fainter , and by nine o'clock they knew that they were safely past everything . All at once they felt inexpressibly weary , numb , even ...
... course , close into the wind . But somehow it all seemed easier . The roar of the breakers grew fainter , and by nine o'clock they knew that they were safely past everything . All at once they felt inexpressibly weary , numb , even ...
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... course in that direction . At nine o'clock they paused for their first meal . A hole was dug in the snow , and the Primus stove was placed in it . A mixture of sledging ra- tions and biscuits was stirred up , and they ate it scalding ...
... course in that direction . At nine o'clock they paused for their first meal . A hole was dug in the snow , and the Primus stove was placed in it . A mixture of sledging ra- tions and biscuits was stirred up , and they ate it scalding ...
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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