Posted on 09/12/2016 3:38:51 PM PDT by Islander7
The long-lost ship of British polar explorer Sir John Franklin, HMS Terror, has been found in pristine condition at the bottom of an Arctic bay, researchers have said, in a discovery that challenges the accepted history behind one of polar exploration’s deepest mysteries.
HMS Terror and Franklin’s flagship, HMS Erebus, were abandoned in heavy sea ice far to the north of the eventual wreck site in 1848, during the Royal Navy explorer’s doomed attempt to complete the Northwest Passage.
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A cruise thru’ the North West passage is about to finish!
A thrill for me on a cruise a few years ago was our stop in Oslo where I got to see,and board,the famous polar ship Fram.
For those new to the story, Huntford was one of the founders of pro-Amundsen, anti-Scott revisionism, his thesis is that:
1. Scott was a martinet and a glory seeker.
2. Scott could not lead men and caused constant friction among his team members.
3. Scott's organizational and logistical skills were completely not up to the task of a South Polar expedition.
Since then there have been several writers challenging Huntford, the most aggressive of which is Ranulph Fiennes who practically puts Scott back on a golden pedestal.
Personally I believe that (1) and (2) above are unjustified calumny, but (3) is absolutely 100 percent correct.
“Rabbit is not a complete protein.”
the issue with an all-rabbit diet is fat starvation:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbit_starvation
Not enough food.
Chippy, the ships carpenter, was very upset.
Someone recently wrote a book called Mrs Chippy’s Diary.
It doesn’t have a happy ending. :(
We looked ‘HARD’ at Cabos. Decided they were too narrow and the head and shower were too small.
When we were looking, my wife went around the Eastern US looking at them. Then our Tashiba appeared in Ft Lauderdale.
We called, drove down and put money down about 2 days after it was listed.
Capt’n is VERY happy now.
What you said. :)
Yes, of course. I have the book somewhere here although I read it many years ago. Paradoxically, the television show fostered a fascination with Scott that lasted for many years. I think it was Martin Shaw’s brilliant performance that hooked me. I still recommend it, despite its pro-Amundson stance for its good script and great acting and the fearful locations.
I am still looking for a Swedish film that starred Max Von Sydow as an arctic explorer of a very tragic expedition. The movie used preserved photographs that the dead left behind to great effect. I only saw it once in NYC and have long forgotten its name. Chilling and not because of the weather!
Lucky you!!
Thanks, Joe! I know you’re a bit of a mute so I’ll leave it at that.
This fellow died very tragically - went mad from lead poisoning and then died.
Yes, if there is anything about Scott that’s been turned into a movie or tv, I’ve seen it. Also, anything on Shackleton.
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That movie is “Flight of the Eagle” about the Andrée balloon expedition of 1897. Haven’t seen it yet (although now you’ve inspired me to start looking) but I did read a good book about Andrée (Alec Wilkinson - “The Ice Balloon”) a couple of years ago.
Thank you, Eric! I need to write that down. I wonder if it’s available on dvd. If not, Criterion better move its rearend!
Thanks again, Joe!
They should have taken a Toyota Highlander and martini’s and gone to the North Pole like these guys.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNkvASxfEWQ
Awwww....I wonder if he made Mrs. Chippy a wee coffin?
Case of: though I walk through the Valley of the Shadow of Death, I will fear no evil...
I don’t think Shackleton would have allowed the use of materials.
He was a hard man, but, they all called him “Boss”. Not, because he was bossy, but, because they all totally trusted him to do the right thing and to keep them alive.
He didn’t disappoint them.
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