The most amazing feat of Shackleton's was when their only small boat drifted
away from its mooring (at Antarctica somewhere), he dove into the sea, swam
out and retrieved the mooring line, and pulled it back to the shore/ice, and
survived the cold . In Russia this sort of situation is called the Siberian
Dilemma - with people who fall into ice water up there, is it quicker to
leave them in the water to freeze, or pull them out to die.
JP
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From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
Behalf Of Shawn Gordon
Sent: Tue, November 20, 2001 5:19 AM
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Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] Quote Apropos To The Moment
Shackletons story has been turned into a documentary with original photo
and film footage from the time, it is really amazing, you should see it if
it is playing near you in between showings of Harry Potter :).
At 12:25 PM 11/19/2001, Wirt Atmar wrote:
>Jim writes:
>
> > In this week's Survival Guide column (by Bob Lewis) in InfoWorld, is
this
> > quote from Ernest Shackleton, in "South", referring to the loss of his
> ship
> > in the Antarctic ice:
> >
> > "The task now was likely to be long and strenuous, and an ordered mind
and
>a
> > clear programme were essential if we were to come through without loss
of
> > life. A man must shape himself a new mark directly the old one goes to
> > ground."
>
>Of even perhaps greater interest than what Shackleton said was what he did.
>He led an expedition to Antarctica in 1914 and met catastrophe there. His
>ship was crushed by the pack ice, but he personally led a self-rescue
mission
>out of Antarctica, surviving through the long Antarctic night, not losing a
>single man during the entire 22 months of their ordeal.
>
>Shackleton's expedition is perhaps the greatest tale of endurance and
stamina
>and resourcefullness in all of history. For more information, see:
>
> http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/shackleton/1914/timeline.html
>
>Never give up.
>Never surrender.
>
>Wirt Atmar
>
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