Swimming to Antarctica, by Lynne Cox, is about Lynne’s adventure to become a great long distance swimmer. Lynne started as a slow swimmer. During practice, she never rested for each instruction the coach gives. She later found out that she wanted to be a long distance swimmer. Her coach told her to join a race on a lake. She went and she loved to swim in the open waters. She then went to a different program that trained her to swim in the open waters.
Lynne had went to many races. When she joined, the team were all trained to swim at the Catalina Channel. The team had to practice at midnight since the race was also at midnight. It was hard for them to adjust to the time, but they eventually did. During the race, Lynne was determined to finish
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the race as a team, but one of the girls got hypothermia. They constantly stop, and every time they stop, they lose heat. Eventually, they finished the race. They were the youngest swimmers to swim at the Catalina Channel. Lynne was determined to swim the English Channel.
Lynne met an Egyptian swimmer, and he explained what to expect in the English Channel, especially the cold. She got used to the cold by wearing only sandals, shorts, and t-shirts all day. When she got to England, she needed to find a pilot to help guide her through the waters. Her pilot, recommended that she swim from England to France. During the race, at 11pm, she bumped into bunch of lettuce and she fight against the current. She was determined to break the world record. To finish the race, she had to land on the rocks. When she did, she had lots of cuts from the rocks and mussels. She broke the record with 9 hours and 57 minutes. When she swam Cook Strait, she was a bit stubborn and angry at her dad and coach, but she finished the race. She was the first to swim the Strait of Magellan, Bering Strait, and Cape of Good Hope. It was hard for Lynne to swim the Strait of Magellan because they occurred a few problems. She could barely stay in the cold water for two hours, the storms didn’t help out the situation, and when she almost made it to the shore, the whirlpool almost dragged her in. She got help out of the water and felt accomplished. When she was swimming the Cape of Good Hope, she almost got eaten by a shark. During her
swim, she was trying to avoid the wave by going deep into the water and her lungs were burning from the lack of air. When she was also finished to the shore, a shark was about to attack Lynne, but Doug, her friend, attacked the shark before it attacked Lynne. Lynne worked on the Bering Strait project for 9 years. Everyday, Lynne wrote letters to the United States and Soviet Union to do the swim. Throughout the 9 years, she did lots of work to do the swim. She was scared that she would create problem between the two countries. When she was swimming her temperature was dropping because she was swimming slow, but she did made it to the shore of Soviet Union. When she was out of the water, her temperature was decreasing, her team rushed to keep her warm. She was being experimented because of her body controlling the temperature. She would start out increased of body temperature, decreased a little, then had a stable temperature. Most swimmers’ temperature will only decrease and not stabilize. This is why Lynne could swim in cold water and don’t get hypothermia easily. Lynne wanted to take the most challenging project. She wanted to swim to Antarctica. She had been preparing this for two years with hardcore training. She left to Argentina for the swim. While she was practicing at the Harbor, the police came and told her that she needed a permit to swim in the Harbor. When she started to swim, she kept on swimming to keep herself warm. She had to dodge icebergs that were come at different rates. She got hit in the with an iceberg and her mind was all fuzzy. When her crew carried her to the ship, her body were shaking and she felt as if her arms and legs were not part of her and she can’t stand. When she went back into the water again, she kept on swimming to keep herself warm. She finally made it! In this book, it really showed a lot of determination and perseverance. Lynne worked hard as a child to be like the long distance swimmers in her team. When she was the first to swim the Cape of Good Hope, Strait of Magellan, and Cook Strait, she kept telling herself that she could do it and could finish it. She never thought about quitting even when it was hard. Especially when she swam to Antarctica, where it was really cold, she told herself to ignore the cold and kept going.
Nasht’s depiction of Frank Hurley’s journey into Antarctica raises the importance of discovering new ideas and values which shape his journey as an “odyssey”, a classical allusion to Homer’s epic poem, His journey of discovery challenges many assumptions and questions Hurley’s society had sought represented by epic film music and indirect interviews to portray the feeling of excitement and adventure, portraying an assumption that discovery can lead to new experiences and new worlds. Nasht’s juxtaposition of Hurley’s dramatic archival footage to the modern recreation of the journey evokes a sense of excitement and a change in beliefs, where previously people didn’t know what adventure felt like. Images of large and grand icebergs signify a new sense of discovery in an uncharted world which becomes important to those on the ship, Endurance knowing that they are risking their lives to experience the nature of the world that no one has even sought and being the first to answer the challengers of discovering and exploring new worlds and experiences. The clever synthesis from shifts of Elephant Island to Hurley’s daughters provokes a sense of discovering something personal, as “the places he explored left a mark on him and his photography”, where Hurley’s daughters rediscover their father’s experiences. The daughters are overwhelmed by the desolation of the ice and space, which becomes significant for them, as they relive the memories and the experience of their father when he journeyed to
In Endurance Shackleton's Incredible Voyage, Alfred Lansing recounts the tale of one of the greatest successes of the Twentieth Century. Ironically, Lansing's detailed account of the 1915 Trans-Antarctic Expedition illuminates the stark reality that Sir Ernest Shackleton's expedition did not fulfill its goal. In fact, the expedition never even set foot upon the continent that they had intended to cross. The outstanding success of that motley crew of adventurers was in their ability to endure the harsh Antarctic climate. Despite having their ship crushed by an ice cap, spending the dark Antarctic winter hopelessly alone, suffering through a stormy voyage in an open dingy, and stumbling blindly across an uncharted island, Shackleton and his men persisted in their quest to survive. Truly, Shackleton set an outstanding example of never giving up.
Morace, Robert A. "The Swimmer: Overview." Reference Guide to Short Fiction. Ed. Noelle Watson. Detroit: St. James Press, 1994.Literature Resource Center. Web. 30 Jan. 2014.
In the short story The Swimmer by John Cheever, one of the dominant themes is the passage of time. In this short story time seems to pass as reality does with us unaware of its passing. The main character is the protagonist hero, Neddy Merrill who embarks on a traditional theme of a homeward journey. The scene opens on a warm mid-summer day at an ongoing pool party with Neddy and his wife Lucinda. The pool is “fed by an artesian well with a high iron content, was a pale shade of green.
A feeling of exultation overtook her, as if some power of significant import had been given her to control the working of her body and her soul. She grew daring and reckless, overestimating her strength. She wanted to swim far out, where no woman had swum before.
For an exemplary leader, what is one of the highest compliments that you could ever receive? Sir Ernest Shackleton was a British explorer who–after failing to reach the Southern Pole first–wanted to be the first to ever accomplish a trans–Antarctic expedition. On October 27th, 1915 Shackleton’s boat–the Endurance–was crushed by the pressure of the melting Antarctic ice; leaving Shackleton and his crew stranded in the Antarctic. On August 30th, 1916 after a treacherous one and a half years of living in the Antarctic and surrounding islands, Shackleton and his crew were rescued following an unimaginable story of survival. The qualities of leadership Shackleton exhibited that resulted in the survival of him and his crew were, having certain obsessions, not being selfish, and always thinking about future consequences from his actions.
“The Swimmer” is an allegory that is narrated in third person point of view as someone who is observing Neddy’s journey. This enables the reader to discover the reactions of friends and neighbors as Neddy arrives at their homes while still revealing the shift of the round character’s own attitude and feelings as his journey through life continues. Cheever wisely tells the story from a perspective in which the reader can still be connected to Neddy from the beginning to the end of the story while learning how his actions have disappointed others and not just himself. It also uncovers the involvement of each character and their relationship with Neddy before and after his mid-life crisis. If this story was told from any other point of view then the reader would only be obtaining one sided, in a sense a close minded, version whereas with a third person point of view the reader is approached to the entire situation given all perspectives. It guides the reader from one meaningful piece to another on an even level without any bias impressions while the story is being delivered.
Cheever, John W. “The Swimmer.” Charters, Ann. Story and Its Writer. 8th ed. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2011. Print.
The Swimmer is of a suburban man, Neddy Merrill, who decides to return home from work by swimming eight miles through all of his neighbors' pools along the way. At each pool he encounters a former mistress, distant and unfriendly neighbours and other symbols of a bitter, frustrated life. To Neddy, this is his epic day's journey. However, when he arrives home, his family has left him. The swimmer has made it home; but too much has changed.
In the novel Swamp Angel the main character, Maggie, asserts that "swimming is like living , it is done alone". This is, in fact, a very telling statement with respect to the life of both Maggie and the life of Dunstan, the main character in the novel The Fifth Business. Maggie's comparison of life to swimming raises interesting points about the way in which each of the two characters proceed along the road of life.
Swimming across the English Channel was a big dream of Ederle’s, but she failed her first attempt of crossing the English Channel in 1925. On August 6, 1926, Gertrude Ederle started her second attempt to swim the English Channel. She started the swim at Cape Gris-Nez and started the twenty-one mile journey to Dover, England. The weather caused the swim to end up being thirty-five miles long, and it took her fourteen hours and thirty-one minutes to cross the channel. This time beat the old record by nearly two hours. Gertrude Ederle became the sixth person, but first female to cross the English Channel.
What do you value most? Different people value different things. Some care about the money, what they have and where they live. Others value what they have accomplished in life. Other people appreciate their family. People who are polite, honorful, and trustworthy deserve the title MVP or, most valuable player. In the book Surviving Antarctica 5 teenagers, Andrew, Polly, Robert, Billy and Grace, risk their lives going to the South Pole for money. This was all put on television and people across the United States watched. Out of the five kids, one gets MVP and an extra $90,000. I believe that Andrew deserves this title because he is selfless, helpful, and sympathetic.
A Desert is defined as a region that has less than 254 mm (10 in) of
Shackleton and his crew endured and overcame some of the most desperate situations. In this essay we’ll look at just some of the many dire situations they came into contact with and how they persevered.
Finish, Finish, Go, and Go you just set the new world record. Every four years lots of people gather around a pool cheering for Olympians. It is a very noisy place. A lot of Olympians that are part of the summer Olympics are very athletic, they swim all year around. The swimming Olympic history and background is very interesting. They have done so many new things over that past couple of years. They come out with new rules every year to make things more fair and challenging. There are a lot of events and tons of records that have been broke. A lot of Olympians have set future goals to stride for. I was swimming the 200 meter fly I was at a really good time when I had 50 meter sprint left at the end all I could think about was I’m going to set the new world record. Olympic swimming is a very fun sport it is very athletic. Every year in the summer time every one always sits around a TV watching this it is very famous in America. Swimmers from all around the world come and here and compete. There is a lot of competition there I have found out a lot about the history of swimming. There are a lot of events and tons of records that have been broke. A lot of Olympians have set future goals to stride for.