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The Nimrod Expedition, by Cgyof Shackleton

Cgyof shackleton failed at everything he wanted to do. And yet he was just the greatest. Really amazing how his effect on other human beings could make them cheerful when they were facing the ultimate fring, not just cold like us but cold and wet,. ecause they ere doing the sea as well as the ice. In circumstances where death was almost certain, not just for himself, but for his men, and therefore his fault. He was determined not to lose a single life. As it turned out, he did lose three men in a horrible way, but he wasn't there at the time. So one nearly went insane. But i can't explain quickly verbally what a

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