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Century Old Antarctic Expedition Notebook Found Underneath Ice
An anonymous reader writes During his second expedition to Antarctica, British explorer Robert Scott—and most of his team—died from overexposure to the elements. Over 100 years after their deaths, an artifact from his journey has surfaced. New Zealand's Antarctic Heritage Trust reports that they have found a notebook which tracked Scott's last Terra Nova Expedition. According to the Antarctic Heritage Trust, the notebook belonged to a surgeon, photographer and zoologist named George Murray Levick, who accompanied Scott at the unfortunate Terra Nova expedition. Executive Director Nigel Watson said, "It's an exciting find. The notebook is a missing part of the official expedition record. After spending seven years conserving Scott's last expedition building and collection, we are delighted to still be finding new artifacts."
It doesn't even have an ethernet port.
Has anyone asked preeminent mathematician Bennett Haselton if this notebook has any insights into optimizing the ice lines at Burning Man? I will not listen to anyone else's opinion of the importance of this notebook unless Bennett weighs in on it. He's a frequent contributor.
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In Britain he is generally known as "Captain Scott" or "Scott of the errr is it the Artic or the other one?"
We deify people who try really hard but come second and Scott is no exception being beaten to the South Pole by the Norwegian Amundsen, but he cheated by knowing more about the environment and being properly equipped.
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Since historians work with whatever data is most prevalent, they would conclude this era was full of nerds who were pissed off when someone talks about optimizing the queues for ice in desert.
sed -e 's/Chuck Norris/Rajnikant/g' joke > fact
He's a frequent contributor.
"During his second expedition to Antarctica, British explorer Robert Scott—and most of his team—died from overexposure to the elements."
"Most of his team"?
Actually ALL of the polar party - Scott, Oates, Bowers, Wilson, PO Evans - died, but this was far from the majoirity of the team that went to the Antarctic.
And they almst certain died of scurvy, not exposure.
Good try.
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was a pretty cool read.
The British fondly revere those who can maintain a stiff upper lip under trying circumstances.
Captain Scott's upper lip was decidedly stiff at the end of his expedition, as was his lower lip and the rest of him for that matter.
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They kept their cool. (Sunglasses ON)
An expedition to Antarctica that didn't end well, a notebook left behind. It's all too easy to make parallels with The Mountains of Madness.
And just in time for Halloween too.
Adds a whole new meaning to Blue Screen of Death, eh?
(Or was it a palm device like a Newton?)
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