Embindini wenkulungwane ye-XNUMX, iilwandle kunye neelwandle zomhlaba zazisalondoloze i-aura yakudala yemfihlakalo kunye needosi ezinkulu zokuzonwabisa kwabo bonke abo bazama ukuhamba ngazo nangayiphi na injongo. Ngaphaya kweekhathuni zelwandle esele zichaze umhlaba nolwandle, iintsomi ezindala kunye nonxibelelwano olunqongopheleyo kunye neendlela zokuhamba, zitshintshe naluphi na uhambo ukuba lube lolo lonwabo.
Le ncwadana iqala kwinto eyenzekileyo kuhambo lweenqanawa ze-Erebus kunye nezoNqolobi ezishiye iLondon ngoMeyi 18, 1945 kwaye emva kweenyanga ezimbalwa zokuhamba, bakuba bengenile eArctic, kukhokelele ekufeni kwamalungu angama-135 abasebenzi.
Iinyani ezibuhlungu kunye neenjongo zafunyanwa kamva, kodwa iziganeko zemihla ngemihla zentlekele ziya kuhlala zikwindawo ebandayo yomoya opholileyo.
Kwaye loo nto, eyona intrahistory ingaziwayo yentlekele, iye yajongana nayo UDan Simmons, othe, ngentelekelelo yakhe, wasinika into evusisayo evela kwezona ziseko zisisiseko zokusinda, enongwe ngokuqiniseka okugwenxa ukuba enye into ibinokubakhathalela bonke abo bantu bafe ngaphezulu kwamaqondo angamashumi amabini ngaphantsi kweqondo.
Ithemba yinto yokugqibela ephulukene nengonyama yolwandle okanye umntu othanda umngcipheko. UDan Simons usazisa ngamanye amadoda azimisele ukuya phambili ebusweni be hecatomb. Kuphela, njengoko izibonelelo ziyanyamalala kwaye ingqele iqhubeka ikhula emzimbeni nasemphefumlweni, ubundlobongela buhlala kwimiphefumlo yawo onke loo madoda. Igunya lomyalelo liyadodobala kwaye ubuthathaka bubonakala njengokuphela kwendlela.
Kodwa ayisiwo kuphela amadoda ngokwawo acinga ngokutya amaxhoba ohlobo lwawo, abo kude kube ngoku bangamaqabane okhenketho ekukhangeleni iindlela ezintsha emantla ntshona ehlabathi. Kukho enye into ebacaphukisayo njengesithunzi esimnyama esiluhlaza, sihamba emoyeni obandayo kwaye sihlasela njengesilwanyana esingabonakaliyo.
Ungayithenga inoveli ngoku Uloyiko, Incwadi entsha kaDan Simmons, apha: