Terrible to die so far away from home. The body being so well preserved just makes it worse.
Yes. In the book I referenced, there are also several pictures of the surrounding landscape. The word that immediately pops into my head is ‘forlorn’, almost featureless. The young seaman I mentioned was only 20 years old when he died. So young and, like you said, so very far away from his home and family.
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