Reading a great book, In the Heart of the Sea, that discusses early 19th century whaling. I cannot imagine what some of these people went through out on the open ocean, and this book further illustrates the plights when a whale actually attacks (and sinks) a ship, leaving the crew to bounce around the giant Pacific Ocean clinging to their lives.
Have not finished it, but I know it does not end well given that the opening of the book describes only two of the sailors sitting in a tattered vessel sucking the bone marrow our of their fallen whalers.
Makes me feel pretty luck to be both on dry land, and with access to plenty of food and water. Speaking of which, I am thirsty....
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