无尽汪洋 17 - 英语听力

200 years ago on the other side

Of the South Pacific

The journey of our whalemen

Was coming to an end

94 days after the ship was scuttled

By a sperm whale

One of the whaleboats was finally

Spotted 400 miles off the coast of Chile

Only Captain Pollard and Ramsdell remained

Gnawing on the bones of their dead shipmates

17 days earlier in their darkest hour

They had drawn lots executed and eaten

Of the three boats that were cast adrift

Two resorted to cannibalism

One was never seen again

Navigating and surviving in

This vast remote wilderness

Had proved almost impossible

For these experienced sailors

And at times even the ultimate

Ocean travellers need help

Natural harbours may be safe

Havens for sailors

But for the migratory whales

They can be death traps