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Sir Daniel Gooch
“Sir Daniel was the grandson of the other more illustrious Sir Daniel Gooch (1816-1889), the great railway engineer of some considerable genius who designed over 60 different classes of steam locomotives, and was responsible for laying the first ever Trans-Atlantic … Continue reading
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Rasmussen highly excited
“We steamed from Cumberland Bay on 5 December 1914, after bidding adieu to our good friends, and Rasmussen highly excited by drowning his sorrows, accompanied us some distance in his motor launch. Aheading, circling, and sterning it, in a most … Continue reading
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What thoughts are ours…
“What thoughts are ours, setting out thus at such a time, with no chance of news from dear ones at home who are passing through the greatest national crisis of modern times. What may we expect to learn in our … Continue reading
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The Ship of Fools
(1577) We are those fools who could not rest In the dull earth we left behind, But burned with passion for the West And drank a frenzy from its wind; The world where small men live at ease Fades from … Continue reading
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Sub-Antarctic Life
“I had many pleasant rambles and excursions on the Island, and each time was more deeply impressed by its wild and rugged mountains, its terraced glaciers, and beauteous fjords. Here one can study sub-Antarctic life with all its attendant charm… … Continue reading
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Huberht Hudson, Navigator
Huberht Hudson, Navigating Officer “[Hudson] owed his nickname — Buddha — to a practical joke he had fallen for once while the ship was at South Georgia. The men had convinced him that there was to be a costume party … Continue reading
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Nine men standing on beached sperm whale
Nine men standing on beached sperm whale at Leith Harbour, South Georgia, 1913 “Although the results of the Dundee Antarctic Expedition of 1892-93 inevitably led to the conclusion that whaling in the Antarctic seas was not then a viable economic … Continue reading
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“Ready, lads, ready!”
An action picture of whaling 1837; engraving by William Home Lizars, after a drawing by J Stewart “At one bound the captain sprang to the bow of the boat, and, brandishing the lance, cried: “Ready, lads, ready!” “The harpooner took … Continue reading
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Frank Hurley
“A swaggering character with a shock of dark, curly hair, and an uneasy cast to his face, Hurley was a compulsive roamer. As a boy, he had run away from home. He came to photography by chance.” — Roland Huntford, … Continue reading
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Us Whalemen
“It is because [we] want to get away from up there…us whalemen…not fit up there…and people up there not want queer folk around like…whalemen. And we no can write poetry or paint pictures or get away from silly world which … Continue reading
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