[at-l] Oh My! More adventures [OT?]

[gregbrown at mindspring.com (Greg Brown)]

For anyone interested about the race for the South Pole, the book The 
Last Place on Earth by Roland Hunford does an excellent job telling the 
story of the final race for the South Pole between Amundsen and Scott.  
The differences in methodologies between the two are extreme.  There 
are also a few stories related to this adventure that are of interest 
such as Apsley Cherry-Garrard's trek to collect a penguin egg in the 
dead of the antarctic winter - he spent over 30 days (!!) in the dark 
trekking to collect the egg because it was thought that the penguin was 
a primitive bird and the egg could lead to new scientific discoveries 
once it was brought back to England.  At one point in the story he 
talks about how, after a night in the tent, everything would thaw so, 
in the morning, when it was time to set out again, it was easier to 
walk outside, stand stooped over until your clothes froze.  By letting 
your clothes freeze in this manner it was easier to get into position 
to haul your sled over the ice.  Insane!  Cherry-Garrand's personal 
account of the trip can be found in the book The Worst Journey in the 
World which, I think, is now in public domain and available for free.

At one point I wanted to winter over at the South Pole so I did quite a 
bit of reading about Scott, Amundsen, and Shackleton.  I got talked out 
of a winter over by a few people who had done the same.  Anyway, if 
anyone is looking for book suggestion about early exploration to the 
South Pole let me know and I'll send some book titles your way.  I 
think I'll miniaturize a copy of Shackleton's adventure for my 
thru-hike to read as inspiration when things "get too hard". ;)

Greg

On Apr 6, 2005, at 8:40 AM, Kent Gardam wrote:

> British polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott took white horses along to 
> the Antarctic on his 1910-1912 expedition to become the first to reach 
> the south pole.  Unfortunately for Scott though, Norwegian explorer 
> Amundsen beat the British team in the race to the pole by about a 
> month.  Even more unfortunately for Scott's team, the whole team died 
> on their return trip back to their base.  No word on what happened to 
> the horses though.
>
> Kent Gardam
>
> camojack@comcast.net wrote:
> Beans up your nose?! That's a colloquialism with which I am 
> unfamiliar...but I'd like to someday go to Antarctica.
>
> Of course, the logistics of transporting equines and such might be 
> problematic, but maybe just a little canter on the Ross Ice Shelf 
> would suffice.
>
> I haven't been astride a (non-metallic) steed since '98, though...
>
> -"Camo"
> -------------- Original message --------------
> Don't be putting beans up my nose, now!
>
> HOMEowner Shoe
>
>> camojack@comcast.net wrote:
>>
>>> Since they've ridden on every continent except Antarctica...I think 
>>> it's
>>> high time they rode THERE, too.
>>> -"Camo"
>>>
>>>
>>> -------------- Original message --------------
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>>> on business...
>>>
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>>>
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>>>
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