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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... gale dropped off . By then the ice was packed snugly around the Endurance in every direction as far as the eye could see . And Worsley wrote in his log : " We must possess ourselves in pa- tience till a southerly gale occurs or the ice ...
... gale dropped off . By then the ice was packed snugly around the Endurance in every direction as far as the eye could see . And Worsley wrote in his log : " We must possess ourselves in pa- tience till a southerly gale occurs or the ice ...
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... gale from the opposite direction . But instead of southerly gales , there were only very moderate winds . Worsley's diary tells the story of day after day of waiting for the gale that never came : " Light SW breeze " ... " Mod . east'ly ...
... gale from the opposite direction . But instead of southerly gales , there were only very moderate winds . Worsley's diary tells the story of day after day of waiting for the gale that never came : " Light SW breeze " ... " Mod . east'ly ...
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... gale to eighty - four miles - in six days . Furthermore , the drift to the east , away from land , amounted to only a paltry fifteen miles . By evening the gale had blown itself out and the wind shifted to the north . But nobody minded ...
... gale to eighty - four miles - in six days . Furthermore , the drift to the east , away from land , amounted to only a paltry fifteen miles . By evening the gale had blown itself out and the wind shifted to the north . But nobody minded ...
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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