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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... ship reacted to each fresh wave of pressure in a different way . Sometimes she simply quivered briefly as a human being might wince if seized by a single , stabbing pain . Other times she retched in a series of convulsive jerks ...
... ship reacted to each fresh wave of pressure in a different way . Sometimes she simply quivered briefly as a human being might wince if seized by a single , stabbing pain . Other times she retched in a series of convulsive jerks ...
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... ship and slowly tightened until she could no longer hold out against its pressure . The lumber they were after was stored in the black - dark recesses of the side pockets in the very bow of the ship . To reach it , they had to crawl ...
... ship and slowly tightened until she could no longer hold out against its pressure . The lumber they were after was stored in the black - dark recesses of the side pockets in the very bow of the ship . To reach it , they had to crawl ...
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... ship for his group , Shackleton arranged to purchase from Lars Christensen , the Norwegian whaling magnate , a ship that Christensen had ordered built to carry polar bear hunting parties to the Arctic . Such parties were then becoming ...
... ship for his group , Shackleton arranged to purchase from Lars Christensen , the Norwegian whaling magnate , a ship that Christensen had ordered built to carry polar bear hunting parties to the Arctic . Such parties were then becoming ...
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