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Kind of reminds me of the apocryphal Shackleton newspaper ad: “Men wanted for hazardous journey. Low wages, bitter cold, long hours of complete darkness. Safe

• kalimanzaro 4y ago
  Reminds me also of Orwell's Godwinning parallel: "I offer you struggle, danger, and death..." https://bookmarks.reviews/george-orwells-1940-review-of-mein-kampf/ https://bookmarks.reviews/george-orwells-1940-review-of-mein...
• autotune 4y ago
  Glad you prefaced it with apocryphal, there is $100 on the line for anyone who can find the original ad: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/shackleton-probably-never-took-out-an-ad-seeking-men-for-a-hazardous-journey-5552379/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/shackleton-probabl...
  • kalimanzaro 4y ago
    https://web.archive.org/web/20220102223330/http://www.antarctic-circle.org/advert.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20220102223330/http://www.antarc...
  • throwoutway 4y ago
    Thank you for posting that. I did not know it was apocryphal. Funny how they have lots of artic historians looking for it.