Endurance - Part I, Chapter 5

This chapter mainly focuses on a few seemingly minor crew members on the boat that had unique personalities.  Their dissimilarities made for some entertaining antics to keep the rest of the men occupied.  In addition, despite the gloomy darkness that overtook the sea, the men kept a relatively good outlook on each other.  Lanisng writes, "...they had come to like one another, too" (39).   Their many fantasy games and karaoke sessions taught me a good lesson.  No matter how desperate a situation may seem, some positive things can be taken out of it.  By taking their minds off of their predicament for a period of time, they got closer as a unit and became better sailors.