Endurance
内容简介
The astonishing saga of polar explorer Ernest Shackleton's survival for over a year on the ice-bound Antarctic seas, as "Time" magazine put it, "defined heroism". Alfred Lansing's scrupulously researched and brilliantly narrated book--with over 200,000 copies sold--has long been acknowledged as the definitive account of the "Endurance's" fateful trip. of photos and maps. Nationwide traveling museum exhibition.
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作者简介
An American journalist who wrote for Collier's, among other magazines and was later an editor for Time, Inc. Books.
Alfred Lansing served in the US Navy from 1940-46. He received the Purple Heart for his wartime service.
Later he attended North Park College, 1946-48, Northwestern University, 1948-50.
Lansing became a member of the Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge, England in 1957.
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读书文摘
俄罗斯宇航员的基本工资比美国宇航员要低得多，但他们在国际空间站飞行的每一天都会得到奖金。这也使俄罗斯宇航员对空间站上的一切问题的回答都是“很好”“没问题”，不然他们可能会被扣工资。美国宇航员在空间站上工作时每天只能拿到5美元的津贴，但他们的基本工资要比俄罗斯宇航员高得多。
麦克林写道：“我待在甲板上，看着大象岛渐渐远去。。。。。。、我还能看见我那巴宝莉大衣依然飘扬在轻风中的山坡上，毫无疑问，它还将继续在海燕和企鹅的惊叹中翻飞下去，直到哪一天被我们所熟悉的暴风撕成碎片。”
大海与陆地不一样，在陆地上一个人只要有足够的勇气和忍受一切困难的意志就能成功，但与大海的搏斗则是需要实打实拼的体力的厮杀，而且无退路可逃。这是一场同永不会疲倦的敌人进行的战斗，而人类从来没有真正赢过；因此，他所能期望的最好结果就是不被打败。
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