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Against The Odds

Wondery

Cassie De Pecol, History, Society & Culture, Dolby, Mike Corey, Dolby Atmos, Atmos

4.7 • 7.2K Ratings

🗓️ 4 June 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Trapped in polar pack ice, the crew of USS Jeannette settle in for a long, dark winter. As the temperature drops and the ice floes press against her sides, the ship risks suffering grave damage. Morale drops, as the sailors begin to wonder if they’ll ever return safely from the endless expanse of ice.

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0:00.0	Wundery Plus subscribers can listen to against the odds early in ad free right now.
0:05.0	Join Wundery Plus in the Wundery App or on Apple Podcasts. Engineer George Melville rings the ship's alarm bell again and again to wake up his sleeping
0:22.2	crewmates.
0:23.0	As they start to emerge from below deck, he summons them to the railing and points dead ahead.
0:29.0	Look!
0:30.0	He points north across the moonlit sea of ice that surrounds their ship, the USS Jeanette.
0:36.7	A minute ago, Melville saw two giant sheets of pack ice collide, less than a mile away.
0:43.2	The force of the collision pushed entire icebergs up out of the ocean like children's
0:48.0	toys.
0:49.0	Then, in horror, Melville realized that a shockwave of rippling ice flows was headed straight toward the ship.
0:57.2	The crew watches as the shockwave sends giant blocks of ice hurling 30 feet into the air.
1:03.5	Melville fears that when the wave of ice reaches them,
1:06.8	it'll smash their ship into matchsticks.
1:10.2	He turns to the ship's captain, George to Long.
1:12.8	What should we do? Should we abandon ship?
1:15.2	The Long shakes his head.
1:16.8	No, I don't see what good it'll do.
1:19.2	We only have a minute before it hits.
1:22.4	And less than 60 seconds later, the crunching, grinding shockwave
1:27.1	reaches the ship. The last thing Melville hears above the roar is de long shouting to his men.
1:34.4	Hold fast!
1:36.0	Melville looks up and blinks. A million stars seem to fill his field of vision.
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