[HN Gopher] New images show state of preservation of Ernest Shac...
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New images show state of preservation of Ernest Shackleton's ship
Author : rmason
Score : 45 points
Date : 2024-10-11 19:33 UTC (3 days ago)
(HTM) web link (www.theguardian.com)
(TXT) w3m dump (www.theguardian.com)
| axiologist wrote:
| Direct link to the embedded video:
| https://yewtu.be/watch?v=8lt2xYy2ArQ-0
| neonate wrote:
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lt2xYy2ArQ
| phkahler wrote:
| Spoiler Alert. If you haven't read "Endurance" the article gives
| away a critical piece of info - which crew members didn't make
| it. Read the book first, it is the greatest survival story ever
| told. Not just because it's true. It's just that incredible.
| julosflb wrote:
| I can confirm. I didn't know the story and I picked up that
| book randomly in a book store a couple years ago. I loved it.
| elteto wrote:
| I haven't read Endurance (it's on the list!) but was deeply
| impressed by this quote from a fellow explorer:
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| "For scientific discovery, give me Scott; for speed and
| efficiency of travel, give me Amundsen; but when you are in a
| hopeless situation, when you are seeing no way out, get down on
| your knees and pray for Shackleton."
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| Sir Raymond Priestley
|
| What a leader must Shackleton have been!
| satiated_grue wrote:
| All the crew members of the Endurance survived the expedition -
| not sure about the "didn't make it" comment, or to which part
| of the article you are referring.
| czscout wrote:
| I believe they are referring to the fact that the article
| states that every crew member survived. As in, none of them
| didn't make it.
| vkou wrote:
| He did one better - Shackleton returned to England with
| more crewmembers than he departed with.
| worldvoyageur wrote:
| If you don't count the dogs.
| sandworm101 wrote:
| The _human_ crew members made it.
| KMag wrote:
| I'm pretty sure they were trying to avoid that exact spoiler
| by hiding the fact they were talking about the null set.
|
| Spoiler alert: do not read parent comment.
| idontwantthis wrote:
| I'm sure that book is good too, but I'd personally recommend
| reading the story from the man himself in his book called
| "South".
| aquova wrote:
| It feels odd to refer to an actual historical event as a
| "spoiler"
| zavec wrote:
| Was Endurance good? I didn't read that one but I did read
| South. I really enjoyed the first part but became less
| interested when after the main expedition's story was over
| there was still a quarter or so of the book left talking about
| going around and picking up the guys from the other side, which
| felt a bit anticlimactic after what had already happened.
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