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Thinking ahead...

Worsley's Endurance...


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Within the ship, to counteract the depression caused by darkness, we had a particularly brilliant scheme of lighting, to which much of our cheerfulness may have been due."


...At that time such dim, storm-laden daylight as we did get lasted at the most one-fourth of the twenty-four hours. For the rest of the time the darkness was complete. ...


To keep up the spirits of the men Shackleton now worked as I had never seen him work before. Each day conditions seemed to grow a little worse."





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