You know a writer has touched on one of your geeky fascinations (obsessions?) when on page 360 of an otherwise decently researched book you jump up and shout “No, no, no–you got it wrong!”Antarctic exploration is one of my fascinations (some of the research from same wound up in Secret of the Three Treasures), so […]
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“One night when there was a full moon I went for a walk on the ice and stopped about a hundred yards from the ship. The larger hummocks of ice stood out in all their weird shapes and sizes, casting fantastic shadows in the moonlight. The winds had swept their tops clear of snow, exposing
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“The trouble with young sea ice is that, unlike fresh water ice, it has marvelous elasticity. It will bend to an astonishing degree without breaking, so that one is liable to get too far away from strong ice before breaking through.”— William Laird McKinlay, The Last Voyage of the Karluk
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