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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... pieces of blankets caulking a cofferdam built by McNeish the day before . It had been thrown up in an attempt to ... piece of canvas to the port rail and made it into a sort of chute down to the ice alongside the ship . They took the ...
... pieces of blankets caulking a cofferdam built by McNeish the day before . It had been thrown up in an attempt to ... piece of canvas to the port rail and made it into a sort of chute down to the ice alongside the ship . They took the ...
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... pieces of solid oak , one above the other , adding up to a total thickness of 7 feet , 1 inch . Her sides were made from oak and Norwegian mountain fir , and they varied in thickness from about 18 inches to more than 22 feet . Outside ...
... pieces of solid oak , one above the other , adding up to a total thickness of 7 feet , 1 inch . Her sides were made from oak and Norwegian mountain fir , and they varied in thickness from about 18 inches to more than 22 feet . Outside ...
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... pieces of lumber to keep themselves off the snow - covered ice . Others spread pieces of canvas as ground covers . But there was not enough flooring for everybody , and several men had to lie directly on the bare snow . It made little ...
... pieces of lumber to keep themselves off the snow - covered ice . Others spread pieces of canvas as ground covers . But there was not enough flooring for everybody , and several men had to lie directly on the bare snow . It made little ...
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