I guess they had the state of the art then, but they were on a 3 year trip and had to take all they needed with some stops along the way. It's a pretty small ship to face the open ocean. Brave men.
You are viewing a single comment's thread from:
I guess they had the state of the art then, but they were on a 3 year trip and had to take all they needed with some stops along the way. It's a pretty small ship to face the open ocean. Brave men.
The southern ocean is incredibly ferocious even for today's Antarctic ships. They certainly were brave to take on even the ocean let alone the Antarctic. Amazing people.