And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Wednesday, March 9, 2022
Endurance wreck: Ernest Shackleton's lost ship found off Antarctica
Shackleton was a childhood hero of mine, from the time I read Lansing's book "Endurance" in 1960..
When Endurance was launched at the Framnæs shipyard in 1912, she was probably the strongest wooden ship ever built. The Greenheart sheathing on her hull still looks great.
My U.P. buddy was texting me about this at 6 a.m. this morning. The photos and video released for viewing so far have been almost as amazing as Shackleton's handling of the adventure. A story of men overcoming huge odds!
There is also the older book...Shackleton's Boat Journey by Worseley, that I read decades ago. What those men endured to get to the whaling station was unbelievable.......
My Dad had a well worn copy of Endurance. Once started, it is a book that is difficult to put down.
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Shackleton was a childhood hero of mine, from the time I read Lansing's book "Endurance" in 1960..
ReplyDeleteWhen Endurance was launched at the Framnæs shipyard in 1912, she was probably the strongest wooden ship ever built. The Greenheart sheathing on her hull still looks great.
Amazing underwater footage.
ReplyDeleteMy U.P. buddy was texting me about this at 6 a.m. this morning. The photos and video released for viewing so far have been almost as amazing as Shackleton's handling of the adventure. A story of men overcoming huge odds!
ReplyDeleteThere is also the older book...Shackleton's Boat Journey by Worseley, that I read decades ago.
ReplyDeleteWhat those men endured to get to the whaling station was unbelievable.......
It's over 9000 feet down. We can send cameras to it, but that's about it.
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