The crew of the Endurance sailed to find land from their camp on the ice floe, they realized that they had made a severe mistake. They also realized that they have passed the point of no return. Now, as the tortures of sailing on the arctic ocean constantly battered them, a degree of depression sunk in. They faced bitter cold, harsh winds, icy waters, and illness on a day-to-day basis.
As the crew sailed on the open waters, they realized that they had been drifting away from their intended destination. This cruel Irony- (use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning; or, congruence between what is expected and what actually occurs) is a striking blow to the morale of the crew. Depression sweeps across the entire crew as they drift hopelessly in the open, unforgiving water. There was a spot of defiance among some of the crew members as they refused to row the boats. This almost destroyed the synergy that had just been restored a little while earlier.
"They made a pitiable sight--three little boats, packed with the odd remnants of what had once been a proud expedition, bearing twenty-eight suffering men in one final, almost ludicrous bid for survival. But this time there was to be no turning back, and they all knew it. The men clung to the sides of the pitching boats as they drove forward(Page 160)."
This situation reminds me of the point of no return after the beginning of the school year. After the first two weeks, the classes that you have are the classes that you will have until the semester ends. Just as the crew made a decision that they could not return from, students cannot return from the decision to not change classes.
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