Shackleton, a onetime British merchant-navy officer, started a business before his 1914 voyage to make money from movie.
沙克尔顿,一位英国商人兼海军军官,在他1914年探险之旅之前靠拍电影赚钱。
With a canal across Central America, ships could sail directly from ocean to ocean. They would not have to make the long, costly voyage around the southern end of South America.
有了中美洲的运河,船只就能够从这个大洋直接到另一个大洋,再也不必费时费力费钱地绕过南美洲的最南端。
He heard stories of men who had died trying to make a similar voyage, who had suffocated or been thrown overboard alive.
他还听说了许许多多人在同样的旅程中死在途中的故事,这些人有的被活活憋死,有些被活着扔进大海。
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