And even in their failure, they found honor and recognition. And while it was doubtful - they all returned. Amazing stuff.
On another thread it showed their trip “across” Antarctica. It shows them starting at the east(?) end of a bay - hitting the south pole, then making an almost right hand turn due north to hit the end of another bay.
I was envisioning them crossing the entire continent at it’s widest part. But still....
“Summer” on the high Antarctic ice plateau is about like your average day in January in Wisconsin, mind you it never gets dark so you can always see the bad weather that’s coming at you.
Whatever you think of global warming, the ice shelves around Antarctica are actually expanding in recent years and the continent has only shown a bit of marginal warming on the Antarctic Peninsula south of Tierra del Fuego, and that’s nowhere near where these guys are going (good luck to them, make a will).
Well; to be accurate; ANY way you leave the South Pole heads you North!!