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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... less where they were . They had no radio transmitter with which to notify any would - be rescuers , and it is doubtful that any rescu- ers could have reached them even if they had been able to broadcast an SOS . It was 1915 , and there ...
... less where they were . They had no radio transmitter with which to notify any would - be rescuers , and it is doubtful that any rescu- ers could have reached them even if they had been able to broadcast an SOS . It was 1915 , and there ...
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... less than three feet from their ears . The noise stopped just before dawn , but it was a tired , jittery group of men who sat down to breakfast that next morning . The pressure began again late in the afternoon and continued into the ...
... less than three feet from their ears . The noise stopped just before dawn , but it was a tired , jittery group of men who sat down to breakfast that next morning . The pressure began again late in the afternoon and continued into the ...
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... less to ef- fect a rescue . The Emma never approached Elephant Island closer than one hundred miles . It was now August 3 , nearly three and a half months since the Caird had sailed for South Georgia . Throughout each failure of the ...
... less to ef- fect a rescue . The Emma never approached Elephant Island closer than one hundred miles . It was now August 3 , nearly three and a half months since the Caird had sailed for South Georgia . Throughout each failure of the ...
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