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I read this book (Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage[^]) a few years ago as a way to relax in the evenings.
It is an amazing story of Shackleton & Company's experience.
The boat initially got stuck in the ice & as the ice shifted it crushed the ship (it took a number of days for this to happen -- and the crew stayed on the ship as long as they could).
The book is written really clearly & tells a very compelling story. Check it out if you get a chance.
Have any of you read it?
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I'll look for it. Thanks for the tip.
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The book is on my very long list of books to read... 
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Wow amazing photos.
Not long ago I read the book Endurance, fantastic story and now to see they've found the wreck and so well preserved is a great ending to the story.
The less you need, the more you have.
Even a blind squirrel gets a nut...occasionally.
JaxCoder.com
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That book is amazing and the story itself even more so.
I got "something in my eye" when reading it. Lent it to a mate, ex-Navy, and it seems he had the same problem when he read it too.
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Good find.
Shackleton did not lose a team mate through it all. Amazing leadership.
Yes, read the book, Endurance. I have read it twice. Inspiring.
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I meant to say I read "Shackleton's Boat Journey" by Frank Worsley. It was the lead up to "Endurance". He was the Captain of the Endurance. He was not your ordinary sea Captain. He and Shackleton, together, were a very tough and determined team.
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Marc Clifton wrote: Raise the Endurance!
Per BBC article[^]:
Quote: The wreck itself is a designated monument under the international Antarctic Treaty and must not be disturbed in any way. No physical artefacts have therefore been brought to the surface.
Let her rest in glory.
Mircea
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You think sitting on the bottom of the ocean is glorious?
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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After carrying the Shackleton expedition and bravely fighting the polar ice? Yes, I think it's a fitting end.
In the words of her captain, Frank Worsley: Quote: Undoubtedly she is the finest little wooden vessel ever built
Mircea
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For those who aren't familiar and are interested in the early explorers, this is a fantastic story. Look it up, it's amazing.
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I'm used to the "codes plz" type of questions in QA, but this latest one takes the biscuit ... Quote: I am in a middle of exam kindly answer the questions.
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"Time is running out. Please help me. You can't call yourself a coding site if you can't help a student learn coding."
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I hope you were kind!!! 
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
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Not very I'm afraid. I did give them a link to @OriginalGriff 's article though 
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Being kind is fine, however the brutal truth should be delivered, albeit in a kind way.
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That took some kahunas
The less you need, the more you have.
Even a blind squirrel gets a nut...occasionally.
JaxCoder.com
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Not really, just lazy and dumb attitude.
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That qualifies the question as 'Real-Time'.
"In testa che avete, Signor di Ceprano?"
-- Rigoletto
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I suspect Imaginary Time is more appropriate.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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It was a Complex question
GCS d--(d-) s-/++ a C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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Damn, you beat me.
Not phased this time.
"In testa che avete, Signor di Ceprano?"
-- Rigoletto
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You've seen it all, but not heard it all, until:
To cheat a test – How a medical student used implants to cheat an exam
"Before entering on an understanding, I have meditated for a long time, and have foreseen what might happen. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly, secretly, what I have to say or to do in a circumstance unexpected by other people; it is reflection, it is meditation." - Napoleon I
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If you do help them, I suggest giving them all wrong answers. The world does not need yet another lazy programmer.
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
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