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Really? This is the same guy that came back and rescued everyone from the Endurance. This stuff was dangerous, I think everyone going in knew it, as no one els
by selykg 3y ago
Really? This is the same guy that came back and rescued everyone from the Endurance.
This stuff was dangerous, I think everyone going in knew it, as no one else had done this stuff before.
From the Wikipedia entry:
> Shackleton's concern for his men was such that he gave his mittens to photographer Frank Hurley, who had lost his own mittens during the boat journey. Shackleton suffered frostbitten fingers as a result.
- fifilura 3y agoHe was also the guy that dared to turn around and say "we'll come back another day" 180km from the south pole, a few years ahead of Amundsen and Scott. No, you must have mistaken him for Scott. Apart from the fatal final journey, he also sent his men on a pointless trip to collect pengiun embryos during antartic night. Documented in "The worst journey in the world" https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Worst_Journey_in_the_World https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Worst_Journey_in_the_Wor...
- tootie 3y agoMy point is that the quest was pure vanity. They didn't need to be there at all.
- selykg 3y agoSure. Like so many major (often crazy) milestones the human race has done. * Climbed Everest * Flew a plane * Make a trip to the Titanic * Freediving * Swam the English Channel * Floated across the Atlantic with no idea where we were headed * Jumped from space without a parachute People do crazy stuff all the time. It's sort of part of our DNA. Being the first to do something will cause people to go to great lengths and take great risks.