A Space Oddessey 2061 Book 3 Chapter 44: Endurance PART VI: HAVEN
A Space Oddessey 2061 Book 3 Chapter 44: Endurance PART VI: HAVEN
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A Space Oddessey 2061 Book 3 Chapter 44: Endurance PART VI: HAVEN
'History never repeats itself - but historical situations recur.' As he made his daily report to Ganymede, Captain Laplace kept thinking of the phrase. It had been quoted by Margaret M'Bala - now approaching at almost a thousand kilometres every second - in a message of encouragement from Universe which he had been very happy to relay to his fellow castaways. 'Please tell Miss M'Bala that her little history lesson was extremely good for morale; she couldn't have thought of anything better to send us. 'Despite the inconvenience of having our walls and floors switched around, we're living in luxury compared to those old polar explorers. Some of us had heard of Ernest Shackleton, but we had no idea of the Endurance saga. To have been trapped on ice floes for over a year - then to spend the Antarctic winter in a cave - then to cross a thousand kilometres of sea in an open boat and to climb a range of unmapped mountains to reach the nearest human settlement! 'And y…