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Nov 03, 2009 19:15

"The driving wind and bitter cold made conditions in the cockpit so bad that no helmsman could do a complete watch. His crew, huddled down beside him, was in a wretched position. I changed the helmsmen around so that they did one hour on and three hours off. Even an hour in those conditions was almost unbearable. As an emergency system it worked, ( Read more... )

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atomicat November 4 2009, 03:00:49 UTC
Time to watch that Shackleton documentary again, for perspective!

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