Voyage of Ice (2004)
Voyage of Ice
“The first day, Dexter and I set about establishing camp. Thorndike lay inside the shelter, covered with the fur, wheezing, coughing up blood as Elizabeth tended him, her handkerchief soaked crimson. I wished I could do something for him.
For the time being, Dexter and I dragged the dead sailor behind a dune. Then we brought supplies up from the beach and stacked them round our shelter. Timber. Casks filled with tools, wood shooks for building more casks, sailcloth, tobacco, water, coal, tar, wh...alecraft, whale oil, and navigational equipment, including a sextant. Dexter joked that at least now we'd know where we were stuck. We removed the canvas from atop our shelter and reinforced the roof with timbers laid over the rectangle of barrels. We then secured the canvas back over the rafters and down the sides of the barrels with rope. Rigging a set of block and tackle, we hauled the whaleboat off the beach and placed her upside down next to our shelter. Underneath we stowed what food supplies we'd found—a keg each of tea and grog, plus three kegs filled with hard bread.MoreLess
For the time being, Dexter and I dragged the dead sailor behind a dune. Then we brought supplies up from the beach and stacked them round our shelter. Timber. Casks filled with tools, wood shooks for building more casks, sailcloth, tobacco, water, coal, tar, wh...alecraft, whale oil, and navigational equipment, including a sextant. Dexter joked that at least now we'd know where we were stuck. We removed the canvas from atop our shelter and reinforced the roof with timbers laid over the rectangle of barrels. We then secured the canvas back over the rafters and down the sides of the barrels with rope. Rigging a set of block and tackle, we hauled the whaleboat off the beach and placed her upside down next to our shelter. Underneath we stowed what food supplies we'd found—a keg each of tea and grog, plus three kegs filled with hard bread.MoreLess
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