10-Ninety Degrees North-
In this Chapter Kuralt is asked by one of his bosses to follow along with a man by the name of Ralph Plaisted and many of his friends. Kuralt was asked to make a documentary on the polar expedition that these men were taking part in. Kuralt’s job as the reported was to stay in a little weather shack and take a plane back forth between the shack and the explorers.
As they closer and closer to the North Pole the men we getting tired but something in Plaisted made every man want to keep going. On there trip the men had to overcome wind speeds up to 60 mph and cracks in the ice up to 4 ft wide. Then one day in may of 1967 the wind and cracked ice was just to much to overcome and the men had to turn back, Although the next year with careful planning and no fear Plaisted took off on this expedition again. As Kuralt stayed back in Cedar Rapids, IA over the radio to Plaisted he asked. “ Where is you location?” and Plaisted reported back, “ Ninety degrees north!”
I believe that that the moral of the story is that nothing in this world is impossible anything can happen at any given time. Like he said in this chapter how could people be starving in the richest nation in the world. And every one doubted Plaisted but look what happen he proved every body wrong. When you put you mind to it anything is possible.
11- Boxes on Wheels
This chapter began with Kuralt asking for a vacation and ended in him getting what he would be doing for the rest of his career. A box on wheels is what they call a mobile home. Kuralt and 3 other employees would travel around the nation in a mobile home searching for interesting stories to tell, but what might have been the most interesting was the mobile home.
The mobile home was always breaking down they couldn’t go a week with out something on the Cortez breaking down. Whether it was the carburetor, engine or the tires it broke atleast once. The crew went threw about 5 different mobile homes, none of which did the job. The worst of the worst was one day in the winter while driving through Utah in the middle of a blizzard the mobile home broke down.
...r to the creation but rather to Victor, the creator. Victor took something (the power to give life) for himself that was too great for any man, and by doing so destroyed himself and everything he loved. The theme is that there is knowledge that man was never meant to have, and that such knowledge is ultimately destructive. There is a great quotation from the book that goes along with this theme statement: "...now dangerous is the acquirement of knowledge and how much happier the man who believes his native town to be the world, than he who aspires to become greater than his nature will allow."
...nce our perceptions on reality and the concept of a utopian society. The connection between our own society and elements of the novel enable readers to recognize that although a literal utopian society is not possible, the closest we can come to perfection is to find a balance between what is and what we can imagine.
After the first two expeditions failed due to unknown circumstances, in “April 2000: The Third Expedition,” a new crew o...
In 1914, a great leader began a great expedition, unbeknownst to him that instead of being known as great explorers, they would be known as some of the greatest survivors. This man was Sir Ernest Shackelton and he was determined to be the first to cross the Antarctic. Little did he know, his biggest challenge would end up being his ability to lead his team to survival. He also had no idea that their tale of strength, determination, and courage to survive would influence people well into the 21st century, and the book detailing their stories would be used as a model of leadership. As our group read this book, it was evident that Shackleton was a truly motivated and successful leader as we have come to understand one to be. His ability to successfully lead a team played a significant role in their survival.
...nstilled a strong atheist background, using the book as a way to mock everyday human affairs concerning religion, politics, science, and basically everything logical and governing in the modern world. He provides a new angle of looking at meaning in life, and brings the notion that people should accept the fact of the universe as it is instead of searching for a deeper meaning. The quest of searching for scientific answers in the book leads to an insignificant conclusion of 42, and even the novel itself ends in an abruptly senseless moment. He uses the novel as a way of demonstrating the meaninglessness of getting answers to the unknown mysteries of the universe. Which is why many of his book's plots remain potholed. His characters are also instilled in the early 60s-70s persona, with their new outlook on life and desire for materialism and carefree social behaviour.
The book reveal that when you have faith in something and you exercising the faith anything can be possible. Having faith is a unique feeling that not everyone has experienced. There are many ways to be connected with god and one is to embrace our differences that we have with our humans being. As we get spiritually engaging with god and with our self being, we change the way we act and think about our actions and admit our sins.
At first it is seen as a story about man and the evils he can do, yet
Each one of the boats took off, one-by-one, with George Washington leading the way through the icy waters. After moving only a few feet, we had to use our paddles to break ice blocking our passage. I could here the exhausted, scratchy groans of the other soldiers struggling to move their boats only a few feet.This continued on for awhile longer until finally, we were able to make it to the other end of the river. From the end of the river on, it was a still 19 miles of land to be traversed until we reached the Hessian’s camp. I was dead tired just from crossing the river, and I knew that me, as well as the other soldiers, would be in for a rough
...ater appreciate and learn several lessons from its theme and historical content. Overall, the novel is valued by many writers and will continue to be inspirational to all throughout the many generations to come.
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
So, throughout the story and throughout life, we see society making countless decisions, making countless mistakes, and repeating the process over and over again. And then, we see the individuals that try to prevent the worst from happening to the world, or in the countries they reside in. However, if it's one thing that can change the world, it's what someone believes in, and what they do personally to back it up.
This is an odd little book, but a very important one nonetheless. The story it tells is something like an extended parablethe style is plain, the characters are nearly stick figures, the story itself is contrived. And yet ... and yet, the story is powerful, distressing, even heartbreaking because the historical trend it describes is powerful, distressing, even heartbreaking.
In the article, “The Snow Patrol”, Michael Finkel told us about the passion of Sirius patrollers and the extreme situation in Greenland through picturesque narrative. The dark night in northern Greenland had lasted in winter. When Jesper Olsen, who was the one of Sirius Dog Sled Patrol, tumbled down, his thigh got hurt because of his loosened knife. Even though Jesper was driven into the corner, he didn’t surrender his journey. Continuing was the best way to overcome the worst condition on the ice. Jesper’s passion to throw himself into the serious circumstances and to explore Greenland let himself apply for Sirius Dog Sled Patrol which is the guards of north-east Greenland National Park to keep watch on Denmark’s dominion. Jesper didn’t
understanding. I am a skeptic. The characters that he incorporates within his story, help to. establish a sense of the conditions and hardships that the country is experiencing. experiencing, and the presence of fear throughout the whole of the populace.
The one of the main themes in the epilogue, and in the entire novel is