"All this had been discussed and discussed again. And though the Caird's chances of actually reaching South Georgia were remote, a great many men genuinely wanted to be taken along. The prospect of staying behind, of waiting and not knowing, of possibly wintering on this hateful island was far from attractive(Page 187)."
Although the crew of the Endurance has found land, it is no world of easy living. The crew knew that eventually their stores would run out and that there was virtually no chance of being spotted by any ship that passes by the island. There was no chance of survival on the island that they were on. They had to leave this island or face certain doom. Shackleton declares that he and a handful of other crew members would sail to Georgia Island nearly 1000 miles away from their current position. Nobody believed that the ones to go with Shackleton would survive.
Either way, they would all die, on the island or at sea, death was almost guaranteed. Now, they all realized the likelihood that they would ever be rescued was slim to none.
This section of the book reminds me of a time I had to make a choice between going somewhere with my parents or to stay home. Either way, I would be bored but one way I would be more bored than the other. This situation is much less severe than the decision that the crew of the Endurance have to make, but it is the same premise.
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