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  • For men already exhausted by manhauling up the Beardmore it was a struggle.

    The Greatest Survival Stories Ever Told Underwood, Lamar 2001

  • No doubt the break from manhauling and the relief of being in a sheltered spot out of the harsh summit winds had their effect on hungry and weary men.

    The Greatest Survival Stories Ever Told Underwood, Lamar 2001

  • Furthermore, as Debenham himself wrote, "The fact of the matter is that neither Scott nor Shackleton, the two great exponents of manhauling, understood the management of sledge dogs."

    Terra Incognita Wheeler, Sarah 1996

  • The manhauling winter journey to Crozier has been repeated once, though only one way.

    Terra Incognita Wheeler, Sarah 1996

  • I had to take this absurd course as there is simply no way of traveling from one side of the Antarctic continent to another'short of manhauling that is.

    Terra Incognita Wheeler, Sarah 1996

  • Similarly, I knew all was not right when my wife discovered them manhauling our oak dresser into the truck without bothering to unpack the contents, which included all of our china tableware.

    Army Rumour Service 2009

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