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Category Archives: Other Voices
Poll of imaginary dishes, much wished-for
McIlroy has conducted this poll: if you were allowed only one dish right now, but it could be any dish, what would it be? Clark: Devonshire dumpling with cream James: Syrup pudding McIlroy: Marmalade pudding and Devonshire cream Rickenson: Blackberry … Continue reading
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That’s Frankie, or Frank, or Mr. Wild to you
“Frank Wild was a placid little man whom nothing ever upset… we always called him Frankie, or Frank, nobody ever called him anything else, the lower deck always called him Mr. Wild. They were never required to but they did … Continue reading
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We’ll shoot the man who offers us meat
“We want to be fed with a large wooden spoon and, like the Korean babies, be patted on the stomach with the back of the spoon so as to get in a little more than would otherwise be the case. … Continue reading
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“Lash up & stow!”
“The cook & his firekeeper for the day turn out between 6 & 7 & light the bogie with penguin skins. Breakfast [of penguin steaks] was not usually ready till 9 or 10 according to the temper of the fire, … Continue reading
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The most motley & unkempt assembly
“The most motley & unkempt assembly that ever was projected on a plate.” — Frank Hurley
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Sir Ernest Shackleton (who will not like them)
“If these orders arecabled out, Sir Ernest Shackleton (who will not like them) will spend some more cash in cabling back to this country to try and get the decision … rescinded… if Admiralty orders… are to be cabled by … Continue reading
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Unsympathetic attitude to your material welfare
“Impossible to reply to your question except to say unsympathetic attitude to your material welfare on part of Mawson and [Admiral Sir Lewis] Beaumont and customary attitutde of Navy to Mercantile Marine which it seems resulted from desire of Admiralty … Continue reading
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Playing the giddy goat
“[Why Shackleton] was allowed to go playing the giddy goat at the South Pole in the interests of nobody and nothing but himself, why was he allowed to take away useful men whose services might have been utilised in war… … Continue reading
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Fancy that ridiculous Shackleton & his South Pole
“Fancy that ridiculous Shackleton & his South Pole — in the crash of the world. “When all the sick & wounded have been tended, when all their impoverished & broken hearted homes have been restored, when every hospital is gorged … Continue reading
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“These are Men!”
“One spoke in Norse, and the manager translated. He said that he had been at sea over forty years; that he knew this stormy Southern Ocean intimately… and that never had he heard of such a wonderful feat of daring … Continue reading
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