Jonny Mack
@nonlinear.eth
roald amundsen and robert falcon scott were two polar explorers who competed to become the first to reach the south pole skis were in their infancy as locomotion devices for polar expeditions: amundsen embraced them, scott rejected them. amundsen won, scott and his men froze to death along the way adapt or die
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m/branson
@mbranson
read this gem while i was down there over wintering after a summer at the pole. still can not believe they existed on the polar plateau for that duration. differences in approach was staggering, and hubristic on scott's part. amundsen should be celebrated, scott gets all the modern day love. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/549488.The_Last_Place_on_Earth
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