Chapter 3: General

As we sailed south in Penola , our tiny vessel, in the British Graham Land Expedition 1934–1937, to us being young, the exploits of Scott, Amundsen, and Shackleton in the Ross Sea and at the Pole, seemed an age ago, although in reality just a little more than a score of years. And to a young man a s...

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Published in:Polar Record
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1996
Subjects:
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Ecology
Geography, Planning and Development
Ross Sea
Shackleton
South Pole
Graham Land
Penola
Polar Record
South pole
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s003224740002787x
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S003224740002787X
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Summary:As we sailed south in Penola , our tiny vessel, in the British Graham Land Expedition 1934–1937, to us being young, the exploits of Scott, Amundsen, and Shackleton in the Ross Sea and at the Pole, seemed an age ago, although in reality just a little more than a score of years. And to a young man a score of years is an era. In contemplation one now realizes all of us had been born only just a little before the South Pole was reached first by Amundsen, in December 1911.

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