A. The fear of death led the sailors to choose the option that they believed would offer the highest chance of survival.
PART A: Which of the following statements best describes how fear impacted the Essex sailors' decision to sail south, according to the text?
A. The fear of death led the sailors to choose the option that they believed would offer the highest chance of survival.
B. The sailors' fear of cannibalism overshadowed their sound judgment, so they refused to sail to nearby islands.
C. The sailors decided to sail south because that was the only option that did not arouse any fear.
D. The sailors invented stories instead of analyzing their situation, and they chose to sail south because that was the best story.
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