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Monthly Archives: April 2013
Floeberg
The berg was a thick mass of dark blue pressure ice about 35 yards square, with heights of 15 feet in some places. Seas had eaten away under it, leaving an overhang of rotten ice. Yet it is by far … Continue reading
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Retreat
“Immediately our deeply laden boats began to make heavy weather. They shipped sprays, which, freezing as they fell, covered men and gear with ice, and soon it was clear that we could not safely proceed. I put the James Caird … Continue reading
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An intangible feeling
“An intangible feeling of uneasiness made me leave my tent about 11 pm. I started to walk across the floe to warn the watchman to look carefully for cracks when the floe lifted on the crest of a swell and … Continue reading
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The future
“Certainly it is one of the most remarkable [journeys] man was fated to make. We look forward earnestly to at least a temporary ending & breather on the land. After that we have our rescue to think about for we … Continue reading
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Many narrow escapes
“Our first day in the water was one of the coldest and most dangerous of the expedition. The ice was running riot. It was a hard race to keep our boats in the open leads… We had many narrow escapes … Continue reading
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The boats
“I had decided to take the James Caird myself, with Wild and eleven men. This was the largest of our boats, and in addition to her human complement she carried the major portion of the stores. Worsley had charge of … Continue reading
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How fragile and precarious
“I stood on the edge of the new fracture, and, looking across the widening channel of water, could see the spot where for many months my head and shoulders had rested when I was in my sleeping bag. The depression … Continue reading
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Our case would be desperate
“The movement of the ice in the swell was increasing, and the floe might split right under our camp. Our case would be desperate if the ice broke into small pieces not large enough to support our party and not … Continue reading
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A particularly heavy shock
“The trouble was not caused by a blow from another floe. We could see that the piece of ice we occupied had slewed and now presented its long axis towards the oncoming swell. The floe, therefore, was pitching in the … Continue reading
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No bergs
“There has been some discussion in the camp as to the advisability of making one of the bergs our home for the time being and drifting with it to the west. The idea is not sound. I cannot be sure … Continue reading
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