Endurance
- Donald R. McClarey
Donald R. McClarey
Cradle Catholic. Active in the pro-life movement since 1973. Father of three, one in Heaven, and happily married for 43 years. Small town lawyer and amateur historian. Former president of the board of directors of the local crisis pregnancy center for a decade.
Amazing find! They also have found three cases of whiskey left behind at one of the sites the expedition used. A distiller reverse engineered it and produced whiskey sold in my local package store. shackletonwhisky.com
“Men wanted for hazardous journey. Low wages, bitter cold, long hours of complete darkness. Safe return doubtful. Honour and recognition in event of success.”
– advertisement
No identity crisis’ or proper pronoun police on this voyage. These men were tough as whale bone.
I admire the brutal honesty of the advertisement. I equally admire the men who sailed on.
Shackleton stated that after he ran the notice he was overwhelmed with inquiries, it seeming as if every man and boy in England wanted to sign up.
Marvelous news. The book about that voyage was one of the best I have ever read.
Frank.
I haven’t read the work, however a documentary came out a few years ago that ran on PBS, i believe, and was it captivating. What a survival story for the ages. The advertisement lived up to it’s claims and then some. ENDURANCE. A timely verb in today’s battlefield, the world at large.
No priest, no Holy Mass- not going