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The ordeal he and his men went through is truly outlandish. A memorable element was the mens’ reaction to WW1. Them asking “who won?” felt awfully like one wou
by gherkinnn 5y ago
The ordeal he and his men went through is truly outlandish.
A memorable element was the mens’ reaction to WW1. Them asking “who won?” felt awfully like one would ask about a football game.
But I found Ernest endlessly describing every depth measurement and the stomach contents of every penguin they killed hard to get through.
- cconcepts 5y agoThere were a couple of points I keep thinking about: SPOILER ALERT 1) Where they are navigating broken ice on a heaving ocean and Shackelton casually mentions that he hadn't slept for over 100 hours as he was trying to pick a safe route through the ice (I expect people would argue that is highly likely to kill/drive you insane). 2) Where a wave breaks on top of their small boat that is so high that they can't hear it yet and Shackelton initially thinks the white crest way above them is actually a break in the sky indicating clearing weather. And I have a sore neck because my keyboard/monitor arrangement isn't optimized.
- selimthegrim 5y agoThe adrenaline receptors in his brain were probably stuck wide open throttles at that point