Самое Загадочное кораблекрушение 19го века

Get MTS VoiceTech technology with a Secretary+ subscription free for 30 days in the My MTS app: https://l.mts.ru/loginov A whaling ship came across a wooden boat in the Pacific Ocean. As the sailors approached, they saw a terrifying scene. Two barely alive men lay in the boat, gnawing on someone's bones. The story of the Essex was for the 19th century what the Titanic was for the 20th: a horrific shipwreck that became a myth. The Essex set out on another whaling voyage. There were two dozen people on board, and for many, this was far from their first trip to sea. A year into the voyage, the ship was attacked by a sperm whale. According to the sailors, the animal was enormous, and its blows were so powerful that the massive vessel sank. The sailors were left on a few small boats in the middle of the vast ocean, with virtually no food or water. If we draw parallels with the Titanic, the Essex tragedy is in many ways more horrific and dramatic. After all, the ship's sinking was only the beginning of an incredible story of survival. How did a whale manage to sink an entire ship? How did the sailors try to survive on small boats thousands of kilometers from the nearest land? How did they survive for months without food or water? And finally, what terrible price did those who survived pay? This is the story of the Essex sinking.