This is all a great deal of information to keep abreast of.
[ A pause, and he makes a decision. As he speaks, he chooses his words carefully, and it might be obvious that he's eliding the worst, but the worst can wait for when he trusts her more. ]
I may as well tell you. Before I came here, I sailed with the Royal Navy Discovery Service as assistant surgeon and naturalist on the HMS Erebus, under the command of Sir John Franklin. She sailed into the Arctic, alongside the HMS Terror, on a mission of exploration to map a passage through the Arctic to the Orient.
We became trapped in the ice, and were ultimately forced to abandon ship. We struck out for what we hoped would be safety, but ...
[ How to say it. ]
I do not think we succeeded.
[ There are volumes of grief and loss in that sentence. ]
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This is all a great deal of information to keep abreast of.
[ A pause, and he makes a decision. As he speaks, he chooses his words carefully, and it might be obvious that he's eliding the worst, but the worst can wait for when he trusts her more. ]
I may as well tell you. Before I came here, I sailed with the Royal Navy Discovery Service as assistant surgeon and naturalist on the HMS Erebus, under the command of Sir John Franklin. She sailed into the Arctic, alongside the HMS Terror, on a mission of exploration to map a passage through the Arctic to the Orient.
We became trapped in the ice, and were ultimately forced to abandon ship. We struck out for what we hoped would be safety, but ...
[ How to say it. ]
I do not think we succeeded.
[ There are volumes of grief and loss in that sentence. ]